I was traveling to a vacation destination and sitting in the breakfast area of a hotel in Jackson, Tennessee, reading and sipping hot tea. A group of workers were eating breakfast and one says, “Are you redeye?” Another replied, “Redeye.”…
Author: Keith Alexis
Strength to Stand
David experienced a meteoric rise from shepherd boy to anointed future king, giant slayer, Saul’s son-in-law, popularity of the people, part of the king’s court and warrior. Saul, out of jealousy and a tormented spirit, turned on him, drove him…
Life is Your Language
Those who walk in death cannot understand or relate to the mindset of those who walk in life. And vice versa. The only cure for death is revival. If you walk in life, keep speaking life. It is your language.…
I Threw That Apple!!!
Technically I threw half an apple. It was New Year’s Eve, 2021, staring 2022 in the face. My son, Jamin, and his wife Valerie was home from Austin for the weekend and I only had the one apple. He asked,…
God is my Camel?
You may know the Biblical person of Gamaliel. He was one of the most revered teachers of the law, a rabbi of rabbis, in the early first century. Gamaliel tutored a promising Pharisee named Saul (Paul the Apostle), and also…
He who promised is faithful
When I was growing up I had a love of being outdoors. My mom says as a baby I would scoot my walker over to the screen door and say, “Side… side…” I wanted to go outside. As a young…
Word of the day: Tenebrific
A few weeks back I consulted a thesaurus for some content writing I was doing. On the page was a block that said, “Word of the day: Tenebrific.” I thought, what a lovely word! I must know what it means.”…
When God’s Voice is Like Raisin Bran
Terri has a soft voice. Before we married, Terri accompanied my family to my grandmother’s house in New Orleans. One morning, we were preparing breakfast cereal. My grandmother had purchased a multipack of those little boxes of Kellogg’s cereal. I…
Don’t Lose Your Fluffiness
I love big fluffy towels. Old scratchy towels aren’t pleasant to dry off with for sure. I can find a set of big fluffy, soft towels and buy them, bring them home and put them into use. Over time they…
Your fate is not decided by a coin toss.
January 23, 2022, it is the division round of the NFL playoffs for the 2021 season. The Kansas City Chiefs were playing the Buffalo Bills in a highly anticipated battle to advance to the AFC championship game. The two teams…
