My Morning Meditations
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My Morning meditations by James dives deeps into thought and reflections on god, reviews of sermons, books, and other "religious" content. He also talks about recent events in a biblical context. James is a practicing Christian walking along a path of faith and trying to understand his relationship with God.
My Morning Meditations
3M ago
The Barbie (2023) movie took last summer by storm and earned an astonishing $1.446 million worldwide at the box office, making it the highest-grossing film of 2023 and the 14th highest-grossing film of all time. I wouldn’t think director Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie who produced and starred in the movie would be unhappy about ..read more
My Morning Meditations
4M ago
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. –Preamble to the Declaration of Independence This is the third and last “pie” blog in the “trilogy.” As someone’s pointed ..read more
My Morning Meditations
4M ago
I suppose Christmas Day isn’t a really great time to write this, but it’s on my list and I’ve got the time. First of all, I’m not a “Christian-basher” in any sense. Although I haven’t gone to church since Mom died (I took her to her Lutheran church as long as she was physically able ..read more
My Morning Meditations
4M ago
I’m interrupting my “pie” series not only to share some information but to discipline myself. I’m talking about social media in general and twitter/x in particular. Among other things, the platform is just loaded with political and social content, both from the left and the right. Frankly, they’re all annoying, mainly because they say stuff ..read more
My Morning Meditations
4M ago
A few weeks ago, I wrote Yes, It’s A Pie, But Let Me Explain. It was a response to the meme “Equal Rights For Others Does Not Mean Fewer Rights For You. It’s Not Pie.” While things like rights and access to opportunities shouldn’t be restricted, they often are based on who is doling out ..read more
My Morning Meditations
5M ago
I know the phrase above sounds good. I mean especially in the United States, shouldn’t we all enjoy the same freedoms and rights? It’s one of our national ideals. And yet there are many, many groups (look at the color wheel in the image above and imagine what it represents) declaring that they suffer from ..read more
My Morning Meditations
7M ago
I just finished reading Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It (2022) by Richard Reeves. I was inspired by what I had learned when writing my Defining Men series on this blog. I thought I might gain some further insights. I was wrong ..read more
My Morning Meditations
8M ago
First of all, and hopefully I’ve said this before in the years this blog has existed. I’m not a theologian and I never will be. I’ve never been to seminary. I’m not a certified, official Bible teacher. I’m just a guy who has studied, mostly on his own, for a number of years (decades) and ..read more
My Morning Meditations
8M ago
After publishing Part Five: Who are Men of God?, I received a comment from someone which, on the surface, seemed innocent enough. As the “conversation” progressed, it became obvious (although they denied it) that the person had ulterior motives. Perhaps a Christian man or men in a church hurt them in some way, or they ..read more
My Morning Meditations
8M ago
So far in this series, I’ve been addressing how to define a man, his purpose (from part four) and the struggles of men from mostly a secular viewpoint. I’ve also been leaning heavily on feminism because, in spite of what fourth stage feminism and general progressivism says, it’s very hard to bring one group up ..read more