Dear friends, There’s a term occasionally used in music, tempo giusto. This can be the idea that each composition has its own ideal tempo, or it might include the idea of trying to arrive at the...
Tempo Giusto
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Friday Messages
The Right Hand of Jehovah
Dear friends, Greetings from Fairwood, where the fall colors are starting to glorify God again. I’ve been thinking about reality checks—those things, events, or facts of nature that tell us the...
SABBATH EVENING
Softly fades the twilight ray of the holy Sabbath day;Gently as life’s setting sun, when the Christian’s course is done. Night her solemn mantle spreads o’er the earth, as daylight fades;All things...
Rest for the soul
Greetings, and Happy Sabbath to all—My wife and I look forward to these Friday afternoon Sabbath writings. She will often call to me if I’m working in my office on a Friday afternoon, “Is...
”Remember!”
Dear Friends of God,As I have gotten older, my short term memory is not as good as it used to be! I walk into another room and I can’t remember what I needed to get or why I went there. ...
Running with patience and wisdom
I like to read about or listen to podcasts about running, even though I do not do much of that any more, and I’ve made some comparisons between the Christian life and long-distance running. In...
The Word of Our God Will Stand Forever
When have we ever seen the like? In foreign affairs, domestic affairs, the natural world—things are really getting exciting, right? Hurricanes, floods, fires, droughts—is it just me, or does this...
Rest for the Just and the Unjust
It has been several summers since I can remember one that has had so much precipitation. For the northeastern farmer trying to make hay, it can be frustrating to see a two week forecast with nearly...
It Passeth Understanding, This Great Love of Thine
The celebrated Christian classic, The Greatest Thing in the World, began as a message shared with friends over a campfire at an English country home in 1884. Exhausted after holding services that...
Millennial Living Now!
Hello Dear Friends, In this Friday email I thought I’d springboard slightly off the previous letter I wrote in March of this year (the editor has kindly placed the link to that email for those who...
“I Am He”
In chapter 18, the Gospel of John recounts the events surrounding the betrayal and arrest of Jesus. Judas arrived at the garden, bringing armed soldiers and officers of the chief priests. Rather...
The Divine Mechanic
Experts. Life would be a lot easier if we had experts always available, and within easy reach. I am reminded of a time when I had mysterious brake issues with my car, a 2007 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx....