“Let’s Do It, Pa!”
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My Personal Blog
Thanks for stopping by my personal blog page where you will find all of the blog segments that have been published.
Please note: they are in chronological order, with the latest one first and the first one (1.0) at the bottom or on a previous page. The numbers refer to the chapter of the source document from which my ideas arose.
18.5 — The Governor and the Question
The story moves quickly.
Too quickly.
One moment we are in the courtyard, standing near the fire with Peter. The next, we are walking through the narrow streets of Jerusalem at first light, following a bound man toward the Praetorium.
And just like that, we are standing in a Roman courtyard, surrounded by pressure, politics, and urgency.
This is not just a trial.
It is a moment where decisions are made quickly, where language is reshaped, where truth is weighed against something else.
Pilate asks a question that has echoed for centuries.
But in that moment, it does not sound philosophical.
It sounds practical.
Necessary.
Immediate.
And somewhere inside the scene, another question begins to form. Not about them.
About us.
18.4 — The Fire and the Question
John doesn’t just tell the story. He places us inside it. In this moment, we stand between two scenes: Jesus before power, calm and grounded, and Peter by the fire, uncertain and exposed. As questions are asked and pressure builds, something deeper is revealed. Not just about them, but about us. What happens when the roles we depend on begin to fall away? When certainty fades and identity feels unclear? Peter’s denial may be more than fear. It may be the honest voice of a man who no longer knows who he is. And that question still follows us today.
16.3 - When Truth Quietly Rises
In a world full of background noise, it’s easy to miss the gentle voice inside us—the one Jesus promised in John 16. This week’s reflection begins in a hearing-aid test booth and leads back into the vineyard path where Jesus told his friends, “When he comes, he will speak.” Not loudly. Not dramatically. Quietly. The challenge is not whether God speaks, but whether we can hear through the layers of noise around us—and within us. This post explores how silence becomes the birthplace of clarity, how our inherited narratives shape us more than we realize, and how God’s guidance rises slowly, like dawn, through the cracks of our stories. It’s not about throwing anything away, but understanding it more deeply. And it’s not about becoming heroes—it’s about becoming steady, gentle, honest people whose presence blesses others without effort.