Category Archives: The Traveler

Stop The Madness! NOTE:  This is the conclusion of a two-part series I began last month.   I love watching some episodes of the old “Friends” TV sitcom.  In one episode, five of the six friends were arguing and yelling at one another.  Finally, the sixth friend, Phoebe, screamed at the other five: “Stop the madness!” It wasContinue reading “November 2012: Apocalypse No! #2”

Apocalypse Now?            Apocalypse No! NOTE:  This is part one of a two-part teaching this month and next. apocalypse – noun:  a cataclysmic event, especially the end of the world You’ll probably find this hard to believe, but I’ve made mistakes in the past, I’ll probably make a few today, and I’m quiteContinue reading “October 2012: Apocalypse No! #1”

Happy Third Anniversary! I devote each September’s issue to reviewing the previous 12 months of The Traveler . . . and to sharing some personal matters about our daily lives.  The Traveler is usually only three pages in length; this month, it’s five pages.  Please think of each September’s issue as my “Annual Report” to all my readers . . . soContinue reading “September 2012: Anniversary Issue”

Parables – Short, simple, familiar stories about ordinary people, events, and places to explain, teach, or illustrate spiritual truths. Here’s my parable about God’s bread recipe. . . According to the 6th chapter of John’s biography of Jesus in the New Testament portion of the Bible, Jesus said He is the Bread of LIFE.  Yes, Jesus is theContinue reading “August 2012: God’s Bread Recipe”

          Continued from Last Month As previously mentioned, the Bible is filled  with references to God ultimately restoring all of creation, including humanity.  However, there is not just one, single reference that teaches the entire principle of restoration found in the Bible.  You must put together all biblical references on the subjectContinue reading “July 2012: Restoration #2”

In Romans 8: 18 in the New Testament part of the Bible, Paul, the writer of the letter to the Romans made an outrageous statement:  He said all human sufferings are “not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.” The human race has experienced unspeakable amounts of suffering throughout history.  What can possibly make human sufferingContinue reading “June 2012: Restoration #1”

Allegory:  n. a story used for teaching, in which people, things, and happenings have a hidden or symbolic meaning. Here’s a brief allegory I wrote a few years ago . . .  In a faraway land laden with abundant peace and joy and cloaked in wondrous mystery, a fair and lovely city nestles serenely and securelyContinue reading “May 2012: City of Mystery”

We hope you’ve noticed by now that the word enrich is very much a part of our worldwide ministry, our local ministry, and our personal lives.  The word enrich comes from 1 Corinthians 1: 4 – 9 in the New Testament portion of the Bible where the apostle Paul prayed that God would enrich the Jesus believers in the city of CorinthContinue reading “April 2012: Who We Are at Life Enrichment Services, Inc”

The United Nations Bureau of Statistical Statistics just released their findings from a decades-long study recently completed.  Here’s that startling statistic:    “Since the dawn of human history there has always been one death per person!”  What an amazing and startling statistic.  You know, don’t you, there is no such Bureau in the UN?  But you alsoContinue reading “March 2012: A Startling Statistic”

 I hope you’re not one of them, but there are millions of believers in Jesus around the world who live almost every moment of every day with horrible, paralyzing fear.  Fear of what?  Fear of a period of time called the “end times” or the “last days.”  Where does the fear and dread come from?  ItContinue reading “February 2012: The End is Near”