End Of The Month Randomness

June 25, 2025

Leadership Notes

     How about a little end of the month randomness?

Since it feels like we’ve already experienced the dog days of summer, and because so many folks have a dog or dogs who are an important part of the family, here’s something you might like:

A dog burial site was unearthed by archeologists in 2020. At 8400

years old, it is the oldest of its kind in Sweden. The grave

contained some small gifts for the dog to enjoy in the next realm.

Even that long ago, people were devoted to their doggies.

Virgil L. Walker posted this on Father’s Day:

     Five things every father should teach his son about Biblical masculinity:

1.   Work hard, even when no one is watching {Colossians 3:23}.

2.   Lead with humility, not pride {Philippians 2:3-4}.

3.   Fight for truth, not for ego {Jude 3}.

4.   Honor women as sisters and mothers {1 Timothy 5:1-2}.

5.   Stay faithful even when it costs you everything {2 Timothy 4:7}.

Don’t know who said it, but I like it:

“If you don’t fill your mind with the Word of God, the enemy will

fill it with fear, anxiety, stress, worry, and temptation.”

Funny observation:

Twenty years ago, people were spending $ for ringtones. For the

last five years, my phone has been on vibrate/silence.

Equally hilarious and timely:

“Welcome to adulthood. You get mad when they rearrange the

grocery store now.”

For what it’s worth, Joe Rogan recently observed:

“People would be incredulous about the resurrection of Jesus

Christ, yet they’re convinced that the entire universe was smaller

than the head of a pin and then for no reason…instantaneously

became everything. I’m sticking with Jesus on that one. Jesus

makes more sense.”

Putting all the geo-politics aside, my heart goes out to the people in the Middle East who simply want to live their lives, do what’s best for their families, and be left alone. Yes, there are people like that all over the region. Radical Islam is a cancer wherever it takes root. We pray for people everywhere yearning to be free.

Pastor and author Darrell B. Harrison encourages us:

“Discontentment is among the most destructive yet least-talked-

about sins committed by professing believers in Christ. I define ‘discontentment’ as an attitude of covetous ingratitude for what

God, in accordance with His sovereign will for your life, has

providentially determined to be sufficient for you {Matthew 6:19-34;

Philippians 4:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:16; 1 Timothy 6:8; Hebrews 13:5}.

Discontentment, when unrepented of, destroys everything it

comes in contact with.”

Literary side note – “Jaber Crowe” by Wendell Berry, has a beautiful sub-text of contentment running through it.

Here is a word of wisdom we need now more than ever:

“There is all the difference in the world between treating people

equally and attempting to make them equal.”

-      Friedrich Hayek

Finally, it is exactly six months until Christmas!

And now, your Moment of Spurgeon:

“He does not save us because we are righteous, but because he is

gracious. He will not deliver us because there is something good

in us; but because there is everything good in himself.”

     With Much Love {and long-winded affection},

                                Richard