Love Overlooks Faults

Posted by Joe Burns

In the New Testament of the Holy Bible, in the letter called 1 Corinthians in chapter 13 verse 4, it says that “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. [And it continues in verse 5] It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.”Camp out on those last...

Dad - How was your Father's Day?

Posted by Joe Burns

Another special day came and went. Did it leave a mark this time? Mine did.I placed a call from the west coast – my location – to the east coast – my dad’s location – at about 7:30AM. Dad was home, he’s recuperating from surgery. At age 83, he’s still brilliant to converse with. Thanks dad.One of my sons took me o...

reincarnation, I have come to believe in it

Posted by Joe Burns

Very generally and traditionally speaking, reincarnation is the belief that when one dies, one’s body decomposes, but something of oneself is reborn in another body. The belief in past lives used to be mainly a belief in Eastern religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism, but now is also found in places like the New Age Movement.As a Christ-follower, ...

Shine like a Star

Posted by Joe Burns

“Plain bagel with cream cheese!” The dad called out to his daughter as she exited the back seat of the Lexus. A helicopter, it looks like an LAPD unit, flies overhead. Woof-woof-woof-woof. A little gray dog is leashed to a free-standing umbrella barks as his master goes into Starbucks for a cup of latte. “Yea, yea…she is so rude…I̵...