Randal, plain and simple
Randal, plain and simple
Randal
My name is Randal. Missus and I have lived in Brazil since 1984. Key word: Grateful.
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Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces. 44 Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without knowing it.” (Luke 11:43-44 ESV) Горе вам, фарисеям,...
Great God and Father in Heaven, Show us the way today as we read the Word and seek to apply it to our moments and challenges. Help us to do our work with gratitude, zeal, and excellence. Glorify yourself in us that others might see your...
YEAR 40 | 2024-09-14 | SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS (SP) BRAZIL Vicki spoke at a regional women’s event in the city of Ribeirão Preto, upstate, on Saturday, Aug. 17. She was one of three speakers. The theme was on Mary as an example for women....
Important things I did today? I checked up on my mom. I went out and came home. I thanked my wife. I called a friend, Sent a writer a reader's praise. These were the things that mattered. Oh, and I did some work as well.
In the slow process of going through tons of papers, a journal entry appeared from January, 2003. Daughter and I watched a fictionalized account of a spiritual figure (in VHS, of course). Finding mentions of moments like these are good...
I wrote this 2003-01-10 for my UPLift ezine. You Are Not Alone The last few days I've been corresponding with a lady in Portugal who is undergoing chemotherapy after a mastectomy. She appears to be afraid of opening up to others and...
Just gimme a box with a blinking cursor for text, And I'll type words and strings for when I'm vexed. Within a rectangle feelings will splash and bounce. Some I will embrace, and some renounce. There's hope for a healthier mind on the...
Is there place for a holy dissatisfaction with the way we’re doing things as God's people? (I refuse to say “doing church”.) More, is there a place for making necessary changes to nudge us closer to the Word and away from the general...
Death is nearer, more by day and hour, But Christ has pulled its teeth and drawn its power. Signs it leaves stalking in the thick of weeds, To safe and open meadows the Shepherd leads. This life is full of hardship, pain, and woes; Alone...
Just some general thoughts tonight. The legacy you leave may well be different than that you planned for. In less than 24 hours, Brazilian Christians rallied to provide the equivalent of more than eight thousand dollars for the surgery...
YEAR 40 | 2024-08-10 | SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS (SP) BRAZIL Note: Consider this something of a follow-up to the newsletter published earlier in the week. We were saddened by the news of the death of 62 passengers of the Voepass flight which...
YEAR 40 | 2024-08-06 | SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS (SP) BRAZIL Vicki, according to all reports, had a tremendous message Saturday, July 27, for the ladies meet in São Vicente, just over two hours away from here. Her topic was based on the first...
O man of many words, show me the Lord, And it will be sufficient! I do not care For opinions, theories, or theological spins. Show me the Lord, my need is him and all The grace and love and goodness that are his. At his feet I’d fall,...
Times are I need to learn to keep my opinion to myself. In opinions the world is drowning. Here are some opinions to add to the flood: People who need to be spoon-fed won't grow. Don't read, don't lead. Each individual should assume...
Praying about the situation in Venezuela. And for so many troubled spots in the world, including ours. Praying my article on remnant in Portuguese will open eyes. And that the translation, to be published tomorrow, will be well received....