God is.

1. More than 200,000 people are expected over the Oct. 12 holiday weekend at Aparecida, just down the highway from us, where Brazil’s patron Catholic saint stands behind bullet-proof glass.

2. God is. God is love. God is good. God is working to bless. God is seeking fellowship. Do you believe?

3. Big file for future book is freezing LibreOffice software in new laptop. Filed bug report, but no one has been able to replicate the problem.

4. Heard tell that a new Truth for Today commentary on Hosea, Joel and Amos by Jack P. Lewis is now available. I want it. Can I, can I?

5. Some people in the church agree with Bill Clinton’s statement about politics, “We need not just a new generation of leadership but a new gender of leadership.”

6. An original verse of mine: We’ve no idea of what we truly need, / God shows the way, and Jesus takes the lead.

7. A Bible verse: “But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls” Hebrews 10.39.