by Kevin Murray | Jul 22, 2020 | Encouragement, Life Lessons
“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest” (Mt 11:28). I spent the first part of my life in devout introspection, seeking a rest for my restless soul, trying like crazy to figure out why I was here—here, as opposed to not existing at...
by Kevin Murray | Apr 26, 2020 | Challenges, Encouragement
Introspective times, these quarantine days. Earlier, I was walking along the shore of Tampa Bay and one of its seagulls flew up to me and said, “call Ma, call Ma.” Though, on second thought, perhaps it was saying, “caw-maw, caw-maw.” Whichever, he got me thinking. But...
by Kevin Murray | Apr 7, 2020 | Encouragement
Many jobs hang in the balance in these trying times. We may think the Coronavirus has knocked us off our vocational pursuits, but that would not be so… I tell the story of my journey of faith from five years old to mid-adulthood—when I said “I do” to Jesus—in my book,...
by Kevin Murray | Mar 17, 2020 | Challenges, Encouragement
I have my opinion on the statistics, the data, and what all this means; I have my opinion on the media and whether we can trust what they are saying—all the media, not just certain ones, all of them. And smack in the middle of my opinions is this one which comes from...
by Kevin Murray | Feb 4, 2020 | Challenges, Encouragement
I would like to not finish this commentary for the good reason that the Lord has returned to take me back to Heaven. We shall see. For now, I mostly live on the restless side of anticipation for His appearance; and on my tougher days, I all but demand it. I routinely...
by Kevin Murray | Jan 14, 2020 | Challenges, Encouragement, Life Lessons
“Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails” (Prov 19:21). A rude driver cut me off and it cost me the green light. Fuming mad was I. Five hours later I spotted a neighbor whom I knew only casually. He was about to...
