Blue Laws Blues

As a Baptist growing up in Arkansas, we had a very definite set of rules concerning what you could and couldn’t do on Sunday, because after all we are commanded to keep the Sabbath holy, as it says in the ten commandments which is our text today.  Never mind that the Sabbath is really Saturday and we are really not Jews who are bound to the 10 Commandments, none of that seemed to matter.  Oh, we need to keep the commandments you say, and I say OK, I’ll see you here next Saturday.   Continue reading

Vertical Limit

Hebrews 12:18-25.  I have always wanted to retire near the ocean, but when I vacation I like to go to the mountains. I really sense both majesty and serenity when I am privileged to go out to the Rockies or even the Ozarks. I even enjoy pictures of mountains and even enjoy movies that feature mountain vistas. One fairly recent movie I enjoyed was “Vertical Limit.” Continue reading