365 Reflections

It’s a world clamoring for attention. Everyone wants to be seen, followed, admired, liked, loved, connected, networked and heard. To me, it’s getting exhausting. The quest for attention dilutes our competency around what actually IS worth our attention. Click bait ropes us in with false/misleading headlines. I’ve seen something emerge called engagement bait where a post is obviously misconstrued by the author simply to illicit comments from readers. In other words, the poster is asking for people to correct an obvious mistake they purposefully made simply to get attention from others.  Maybe it’s a lack of cohesion in family and community. Our neighborhoods are now HOA drama-fests. Our families are often fractured by politics and opinions. Our churches have dwindled and social clubs like the American Legion and K of C are a thing of the past.  But there’s a far deeper issue. We seem to be a culture of dead fish all swimming down stream and on our way to the dead end, we’re gra...

Esther 3:1–2 (ESV) After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, and advanced him and set his throne above all the officials who were with him. 2 And all the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage. To bow or not to bow. That dilemma has faced the people of God in different ways in all generations. Sometimes we cry persecution over the smallest of inconveniences. But we should examine the Bible. So far, Esther has been taken into the King's harem without consent while Mordecai lives in exile from his homeland powerless to save her from this event. What comes next is the result of Mordecai's first act in civil disobedience. Haman the Agagite has been promoted to a place of honor. As a result, the people bow before him. But Mordecai will not. And you wonder, why does Mordecai choose this moment to act in defianc...