May 2017

Better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be crooked in one’s ways even though rich. Proverbs 28:6 Worse than being poor is not having accepted a measure […]

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law struggle against them. Proverbs 28:4 I like to think that I am mostly a law abiding

Some of us grew up hearing that “blood is thicker than water.” And if we were placed on this earth into wonderful, close, caring families, then life is good for

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. Proverbs 27:1 I fancy myself as a planner. On Monday I think a whole week

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips. Proverbs 27:2  Years ago I had a friend who had actually done some amazing

If your enemies are hungry, give them bread to eat;                           and if they are thirsty, give them water to drink;  for you will heap coals of fire on their heads,

“A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.” Proverbs 26:28 (NRSV) He and Lumpy were two of Wally’s best friends. He often came into Wally and

“As charcoal is to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.” Proverbs 26:21 (NRSV) As many of you know Dr. Negley and I

“The lazy person buries his hand in the dish and then is too tired to bring it back to the mouth.” Proverbs 26:15 (NRSV) My paternal grandfather, Papa, was a

“Do not answer fools according to their folly, or you will be a fool yourself.” Proverbs 26:4 Proverbs 26:1-12 provides us with many descriptions of the behavior and thinking of