Tag Archives: pandemic

California Highway 36

Posted on March 19, 2021 by jwfisch

Today, we leave the town of Red Bluff, California and travel west for what our GPS says is roughly three and a half hours on California Highway 36, a little-known piece of the state highway system that passes through the … Continue reading →

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Put others before you; and look outward

Posted on March 15, 2021 by jwfisch

There was a wonderful, three-tissue story in the Times Sports section yesterday about a 17-year-old senior football player at Loyola High School in Los Angeles named Josh Morales. A week before Christmas, Josh and both his parents all tested positive … Continue reading →

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Heaven is in Arizona

Posted on March 13, 2021 by jwfisch

I am in heaven. You’ve heard of stories of people visiting heaven briefly and coming back. Lambert Dolphin has one of those stories. This is better. I’m in heaven right now. I am writing this from heaven. Contrary to popular … Continue reading →

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The ice is cracking on our isolation

Posted on March 11, 2021 by jwfisch

By the time you read this, I will be headed east on Interstate 10 towards Phoenix, Arizona, and Tempe Diablo Stadium for the first Los Angeles Angels spring training game I have attended in two years. Most of you already … Continue reading →

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Till We Have Faces

Posted on February 5, 2021 by jwfisch

Some random thoughts about the pandemic: I first encountered sidewalk dining in Europe in 1970. It was love at first sight. I loved being outdoors; I loved watching the world walk by; I loved the open feeling it gives you … Continue reading →

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Empathetic Savior

Posted on February 1, 2021 by jwfisch

Turn to me and have mercy,     for I am alone and in deep distress. My problems go from bad to worse.     Oh, save me from them all! Feel my pain and see my trouble.  Psalm 25:16-18 (NLT) Does this not … Continue reading →

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No fear

Posted on January 15, 2021 by jwfisch

“Fear not.” It’s what angels say whenever they show up because they put off a very bright white light that would be quite alarming to any mortal. It’s also what Jesus said when He surprised His disciples with an unexpected … Continue reading →

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LOVE

Posted on December 18, 2020 by jwfisch

The end of all things is near. Therefore … above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:7-8 The end of all things is near, so put your energy and passion into the … Continue reading →

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Are these the last days?

Posted on December 14, 2020 by jwfisch

I was wondering if we might start hearing lots of end times predictions around a renewed look at biblical prophecy, and sure enough this last weekend I ran into a few sources of information on the topic. End times prophecy … Continue reading →

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Ring them bells

Posted on December 11, 2020 by jwfisch

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: “God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;  The Wrong shall fail, the Right prevail, With peace on earth, goodwill to men.”              – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow … Continue reading →

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