Teetering on the Edge of a New Year (Revised)

https://www.lpm.org/music/2023-12-29/mels-diner-goodbye-to-2023 (This post is revised from "Teetering on the Edge of New Year", posted January 2021. https://peripheralwisdom.com/2021/01/ ) I am one of those annoying people who truly like and appreciate New Year's Resolutions. When I was growing up, I wrote HUGE lists of resolutions for each New Year. Back then, those resolutions were things like find a … Continue reading Teetering on the Edge of a New Year (Revised) →

GOODNESS

There’s a popular Christian worship song called “Goodness of God” by Bethel Music. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f4MUUMWMV4 ) A group that I record with is working up an acappella version of this song right now, and we have fallen in love with the music and the lyrics of this song. In my last post I mentioned that I … Continue reading GOODNESS →

Teetering on the Edge of a New Year

https://physicsworld.com/a/physics-world-review-of-2020-a-year-were-glad-to-say-goodbye-to/ It’s hard to even know what to say as 2020 comes to a close. 2020 has been a year like no other, “unprecedented!”, as we have heard, ad nauseum. Social media the last few days has been full of people summarizing the good, bad, and horrible of the past year. I've really enjoyed reading … Continue reading Teetering on the Edge of a New Year →

When God Seems Far Away (Intro)

Do you ever feel that God is far away? Or maybe you always feel that way. In the last few years, as I’ve been counseling people in distress, one issue that many of them bring up is the fact that they don’t feel close to God. And because they don’t feel God’s presence, they question … Continue reading When God Seems Far Away (Intro) →