Robert Noland – Page 22

Reality Unseen

Fear causes us to believe that bad things, which are not real, do exist. Denial causes us to believe that real things do not exist. Faith causes us to believe things we cannot yet see truly do exist. Hope causes us to believe there is a reality to come, which is better than our current existence. Today, may we choose […]

That Gig is Up

Lance Armstrong, now a year and a half after his confession to Oprah, agreed to a CNN interview with Matt Majendie. He made these statements about why and how he continued the lie about doping: “I was good at playing the part. After the 850th time, it’s not like I’m going to say, ‘Matt, you […]

Autocorrect?

There is a strong chance the majority of you reading this have a smartphone with autocorrect enabled on your texting. Those who us who have this feature can’t live with it, but can’t live without it. For me, it corrects just enough of my typos to make me want to use it, but I’m constantly […]

Assessing Your Score

My 24-year-old son now gets at least one invitation a week from a credit card company. The letters all start the same way: “Because of your excellent credit history…” When he started college, we started working slowly on his credit and intentionally building his score. As a result, and now with his on-going maintenance of his […]

Killing Oneself

A mental health professional wrote an article regarding Robin Williams’ suicide, stating how he hoped this tragic event would educate people that if this extremely funny comic who made the world laugh for decades could take his own life, under everyone’s radar, then anyone can. Our family has been personally touched by suicide, so I […]

Hold It Tight

Johnnyswim is a new husband/wife music duo quickly gaining deserved popularity. They are a breath of fresh air on today’s charts, relying solely on great songwriting and great voices. No gimmicks; polished talent. You can quickly tell by listening to them, they don’t make music for celebrity, but rather, simply, to create great art. In […]

Sacrifice or Obedience?

1 Samuel 15:22 says … “What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice?  Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice…” (NLT) Oftentimes, I find myself sacrificing when I should be obeying. And way too often, the sacrifice becomes more about me than the Lord. “Hey! Look at my […]

Til Death Do Us … Remain

A couple in Bakersfield, CA were married for 62 years. Don, the husband, had fallen and broken his hip, while Maxine, the wife, had cancer. Their granddaughter had moved their beds together into one room, so they were next to each other. “Gram woke up and saw him and held hands and they knew that […]

Ghost Cat

In the movie “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” there is an exchange between Ben Stiller and Sean Penn’s characters that’s well worth the $1 you pay at Redbox. Sean O’Connell (Penn) is a world-renowned photographer, sitting high in the mountains with his camera, poised and waiting for a shot of an elusive snow leopard. […]

Beak Up

My wife has two crepe myrtle trees, about 7 feet tall, just off our back patio. One has the perfect convergence of branches forming a support base for a bird nest, plus plenty of leaf coverage to not be easily visible to any threat. In short—a mama Robin has a really sweet crib there for […]