- Follow When the River Won't Flow on WordPress.com
If you like what you’ve read would you consider leaving a tip?
-
Recent Posts
- The Blessing of Our Last Home August 27, 2018
- Sobriety, Depression, and Answered Prayers August 14, 2018
- Roadrunners and Javelina July 27, 2018
- Bone Tired, Frayed Nerves, Great Kindnesses July 23, 2018
- The Mixed Blessing of Our Last House June 18, 2018
Tags
- Abortion
- Advent
- Aging
- All Saints
- Argument
- Armor
- Art
- Auto Pilot
- Blessings
- Celebrate
- Changing hearts
- Children
- Christian Martyrs
- Christian witness
- Christmas
- Counter-cultural
- Creation
- Death
- Debt
- Desert
- Divorce
- Easter
- Education
- Faith
- Forgiveness
- Freedom
- Free speech
- Friendship
- Funeral
- Genocide
- God
- Grief
- Heaven
- History
- Humility
- Lent
- Liturgy
- Love
- Marriage
- Memories
- Miscarriage
- Money
- Music
- Obituary
- Our choices
- Parental responsibility
- Pentecost
- Persecution
- Picnic
- Prayer
- Pregnancy
- Pro-Life
- Reformation
- Sin
- Thanksgiving
- Thoughtfulness
- Trial
- Unemployment
- Vacation
- Veterans
- Waiting
- War
- Worship
- Writing
Categories
Tag Archives: Christian witness
Career Counseling, Our Passions, and Some Surprises
Weird things sometimes happen in life. We start out on one path and then realize that the things that make us tick are in a different direction. One of the many blessings of living in America is that our futures … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Courage, Education, Family
Tagged Christian witness, God, Lent, Liturgy, Our choices, Prayer, Worship
2 Comments
And Then There Were None
When I was young, I enjoyed the various movies made of the Agatha Christie murder mystery called And Then There Were None. But yesterday, I discovered an organization called And Then There Were None which is all about Life. I’d … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Charity, Church, Courage, Pregnancy
Tagged Abortion, Changing hearts, Children, Christian witness, Prayer, Pregnancy
6 Comments
Monastic Brothers and What Jesus Wrote
Do you love a good read? Have I got one for you! I discovered an excellent novel which I wholeheartedly recommend. Initially stalling on page one, I began again and this time infection struck, and I couldn’t put it down. … Continue reading
The Fear of Dying and The Tools for Battle: Kumbaya – 2.0
On July 2, 2017, I wrote an article called Kumbaya in response to an assertion that priests and pastors are leaving the church in droves and beautiful church buildings, rich in symbol and story, are having to close up and … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Courage, Education, Family, Heaven, Life in these times, Politics, War
Tagged Armor, Christian witness, Death, Faith, Genocide, God, Heaven, History, Liturgy, Parental responsibility, Persecution, Prayer, Trial, War, Worship
4 Comments
Kumbaya
I am at home, sicker than a dog, and that has left me with a short fuse – which just got lit. I read an article today about Christian pastors and priests leaving the church in droves. Recently I’ve seen … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Education, Family, Life in these times, Politics, Pregnancy
Tagged Argument, Changing hearts, Children, Christian witness, Counter-cultural, Faith, God, Liturgy, Parental responsibility, Prayer, Sin, Worship
6 Comments
Shall We Be Polite or Shall We Fight?
If you have siblings, no doubt you have been told by your parents or grandparents to play nice and get along. My grandmother, whom we called Nana, used to say to my older brothers: “Now boys, it is too nice … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Courage, Life in these times, Politics, Responsibility, Sacrifice, War
Tagged Children, Christian Martyrs, Christian witness, Genocide, God, History, Our choices, Persecution, Thoughtfulness, Trial, War
Leave a comment
Burned Palms and Crazy People
Life is weird and so are most of the people I know. I guess I gravitate toward people who are, as my dear brother David used to say, “a little out of round.” The ones who are perfectly situated in … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Heaven, Life in these times
Tagged Aging, Auto Pilot, Christian witness, Counter-cultural, God, Lent, Liturgy, Our choices, Sin, Worship
Leave a comment
