Author Archives: LJones

Armchair Quarterbacks are Everywhere! It’s playoff season! Perhaps you are still yawning from Monday’s late-night overtime period to determine this year’s college football champion.  On the professional football front, the playoff teams are set and the journey to the Lombardi … Continue reading →

Three Reasons I Don’t Need More Reasons From time to time I see a post validating a human opinion with “reasons”.  It seems if we can provide a list of observations supporting our opinion it carries more weight.  The most … Continue reading →

Why I Put the Magi at the Manger Some Christmas traditions are non-biblical. This doesn’t mean they are necessarily un-biblical or contrary to fact.  It’s just that they involve conjecture in areas where the Bible is silent. For example, we … Continue reading →

o Are You “Out of Your Tree” This Christmas? Some seasons in life are happier than others. Christmas is a holiday season that is supposed to make us happy, regardless of our circumstances.  But we know this isn’t always the … Continue reading →

My $2.22 Christmas Tree My wife and I were preparing to celebrate our first Christmas together when we purchased a beautiful live tree for the church parsonage. That night I started coughing. And coughing. And coughing. Around 2:00 in the morning … Continue reading →

I Almost Burned My House Down! Last night a friend helped me install a new light fixture in our kitchen.   It wasn’t something I planned on doing. For two years the bulbs in our kitchen light fixture have been flickering. … Continue reading →

Thanks for Nothing! We are approaching the day when Americans intentionally show gratitude. I feel certain there are some who pass on this opportunity, and perhaps even more who give a nod to thanksgiving without taking the time to honestly … Continue reading →

The Right Thing for the Wrong Reason Does the “why” behind our behavior matter as long as the cause is good? Years ago a man in a church I served gave our leadership a check for $20,000. We were thankful … Continue reading →

When God’s Timing Doesn’t Make Sense            Today I voted. I hope you did too (or will before the day is over). Have you ever wondered why we vote on the second Tuesday in November? Evidently, it’s because of farmers.  Not … Continue reading →

“You Too?” Several weeks ago the phrase “#Me Too” went viral in the wake of sexual harassment accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. “#Me Too” was borrowed from (and properly credited to) a 2006 MySpace campaign by Tarana Burke.  Tarana … Continue reading →