Our longing for the good old days and for better times in the midst of our most difficult times must mean to turn that longing toward God, to His more, to His action of a different kind. Faith is a hard learning.

Bunkers and Oceans

By Deck Cheatham | June 6, 2025

Bunkers, if they be good bunkers, and bunkers of strong character, refuse to be disregarded, and insist on asserting themselves; they do not mind being avoided, but they decline to be ignored. John Low (writing on golf architecture) Nothing more metaphorical could be written about scripture, even our Lord, who lives in and through scripture […]

I see

By Deck Cheatham | June 3, 2025

Memory is convenient if we are to be truthful. I remember well having to fulfill my science requirement in college. The one solid memory I have from taking this class is the third law of thermodynamics which states (in non-scientific language) that everything moves from a state of order to disorder. I will not try […]

Truth is worth the dust

By Deck Cheatham | May 27, 2025

“Let thy house be a meeting-house for the wise; and powder thyself in the dust of their feet; and drink their word with thirstiness.” Yose ben Yoezer   The above quote is from the Mishnah, a collection of Jewish Rabbinic thought. There is a current, popular religious saying derived from this quote. It says, “be […]

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