The Great Cajole!
Sunday’s Monday The Great Cajole! I realize that this title may cause a little confusion as it did me when I first received the word cajole. Thus, I looked it up in merriam-webster.com to find the definition of cajole a: to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance; b: to obtain from someone by gentle persuasion; c: to deceive with soothing words or false promises. Once I understood the meaning of this word, I started thinking of how widely
Hard Getting and Easy Staying
Sunday’s Monday Hard Getting and Easy Staying I was in a Christian meeting on 9-15-20 when a brother was giving an update for a local non-denominational Christian boarding school for girls. He was explaining how that kids from all over the nation are having a hard time dealing with life’s situations. Bad parents, dysfunctional families, no parents, foster homes and so on, but for the staff it’s when the child develops a rebellious attitude toward help that their misery is mul
Broken Twigs Can Take Root!
Sunday’s Monday Broken Twigs Can Take Root! I remember growing up, my mom used to break off twigs from plants she liked. She would then stand that twig in well water and nurture it for several weeks. At first the twig did nothing (that I could see) but she patiently continued to care for it until little roots started sprouting from its water-soaked stem. Once she felt the roots were strong enough, she would remove the twig from the water and plant it in life-giving soil. But
The Great Divide!
Sunday’s Monday The Great Divide! I’m sure you’ve all heard the phrase together we stand, divided we fall. Well guess what, today we are a divided people. We are divided by politics, we are spiritually divided by denominational titles, we are divided by ideology, we are divided by sexual orientation; the list is endless and to make matters even worse we now have learned to subdivide our differences into, race (covering all people), economic variances (wealthy, middle and pov