BP 239 “Sometimes, the most profound things are expressed in silence” ~ Louise Erdrich “Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart” ~ Phyllis McGinley “Silence and isolation…
BP 238 In the play, Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare writes the famous and familiar words, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name…
BP 237 “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our…
BP 236 In 1986, a reactor at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, exploded. Since the reactor had no containment structure—a dome constructed of steel and concrete to prevent…
BP 235 One of my daughters and her family of six traveled from far away to celebrate an unforgettable early Christmas with us. Now they are gone. (Maybe sometimes it…
BP 234 Anxiety, not peace, is normal in this fallen world. Tragically, it is a “new normal” that is far worse than the original normal. Why is anxiety so interwoven…
BP233 “We touch things every day: a coffee cup, a car door, a computer keyboard. Each time we do, it is likely that we leave behind our unique signature—in our…
BP 232 My first thought concerning today’s question is that Christians can never feel too guilty about their wrongdoing because sin is an act of disobedience against the perfectly holy…
BP 231 My name is Isabella. I am twenty-five. I am a Christian. And I recently realized that I am very angry with God. Why am I angry with God?…
BP 230 “It is only when we realize that life is taking us nowhere that it begins to have meaning” ~ P.D. Ouspensky. Today’s post is the second of two…