Day: June 17, 2009

  • Blog Heaven

    I just want to say that those who contribute to the blogs are helping all of us.  I am so thrilled each time I get to read them – and I promise to try to answer – after the book is done. 🙂 If you haven’t been following the discussions or you haven’t shared your…

  • A Timeshare View of History

    One of the most ingenious inventions of modern real estate economics is the timeshare.  Timeshares are designed to provide a slice of unreality for anyone who has a reasonable credit line.  What most people could never hope to afford completely, they can pretend to afford in slices.  A timeshare is my one week of affluence. …

  • From Kathleen

    I have had a few emails from Kathleen.  I asked her if I could share them.  Her words are a testimony to your prayers. For once I am able to report TWO pieces of not just good, but GREAT news. First, I received a bill from the company in charge of my COBRA Health Insurance…

  • A Look at Jeremiah 29:11

    “I know the plans I have for you.” Most of us are quite familiar with this verse, perhaps too much so.  We skip over it, thinking that there isn’t a lot to mine here.  We’re wrong.  A close examination of the verse reveals a very different and complex understanding. It all starts with “know”.  The…

  • A Hebrew Perspective on Prayer

      With all the pressures and frustrations of life facing us every morning, it might be useful to consider for a moment the Hebrew perspective on prayer.  The shift in focus helps us to see that the answer to our usual questions are not as far away as we might think.   Fundamental to all…

  • Giving Up and Giving In

    “If you do well, shall you not be accepted?  And if you do not well, sin lies at the door.  And to you shall be its desire, and yet you may rule over it.”  Genesis 4:7 Sin – The first time we read the Hebrew word hatat (sin) is here in the story of Cain. …