Reading Between the Lines

by Travis Herbelin | January 14, 2022 | Acts, New Testament | 0 Comments

Have you ever been told, “Read between the line.”? Sometimes it is a subtle social cue, like not being invited to a wedding. Other times it is painfully obvious, like someone making a statement by wearing white after labor day…. Do we need to read between the lines to...

It Doesn’t Make Sense…At First

by Travis Herbelin | January 22, 2021 | John, New Testament | 0 Comments

It was a new job outside my career field. That meant learning new acronyms and new regulations. It also meant dealing with a lot more civilians. At first, so much didn’t make sense. By the time I left the assignment, I had a firm grasp of what didn’t make sense at...

What Was I Thinking?

by Travis Herbelin | August 14, 2020 | John, New Testament | 0 Comments

If I don’t finish a project before the end of the day, then there is a good chance that when I come back to it the next day, I will ask myself, “What was I thinking?” Until I remember what I was thinking, “I lose the bubble,” and just stare at it. Sometimes I think I...

A Simple Recipe

by Travis Herbelin | June 26, 2020 | John, New Testament | 0 Comments

Wrap the potato in aluminum foil. Preheat the oven. Stick the wrapped potato into the oven. How easy is that? Only two ingredients: potato and aluminum. After it’s cooked, you can add butter, or sour cream, or whatever else to taste. If you follow this recipe, you...

Legacy

by Travis Herbelin | July 30, 2021 | Acts, New Testament | 0 Comments

“The one good thing this man did in his life was to die.” No preacher anywhere would actually say this at a funeral, and even fewer people would want to be remembered that way. So, what will people remember about us when we are dead? Hopefully, we will leave a...

Cruel Indifference

by Travis Herbelin | December 25, 2020 | John, New Testament | 0 Comments

It’s Christmas Day! What are you thinking about today? Hopefully, you spend time with family. Maybe you will have a good meal (or 5 or 6 with leftovers to spare…). Perhaps presents will be opened. Don’t forget to call your mom! Maybe cheer on your favorite team in...

No Witnesses

by Travis Herbelin | November 26, 2021 | Acts, New Testament | 0 Comments

Bob knew it was a perfect crime. He carried out in the dead of night. There were no witnesses, and there were no co-conspirators. Two years later, he heard the verdict and the gavel and began his long life of incarceration. How could Bob have found himself in this...

Don’t Shoot the Messenger!

by Travis Herbelin | July 3, 2020 | John, New Testament | 0 Comments

Why do we have that saying? Some news is unwelcome. The Jews didn’t like the message Jesus brought. They didn’t have guns, but they did have stones to silence the messenger. In John 8:39-59, Jesus continues to teach the Jews truth, but an unpopular truth. Rather than...

Bless Your Heart

by Travis Herbelin | December 17, 2021 | Acts, New Testament | 0 Comments

I detest running. When I think of people who say they enjoy it, I say to myself, “Bless their heart.” I thought that same thing about the drill instructor long ago who told us we were in a hurry, so we would only run for 45 minutes. Why did the military compel us to...

Just Because You Could

by Travis Herbelin | December 24, 2021 | Acts, New Testament | 0 Comments

Just because you could doesn’t mean you should. I’m not sure who originally said it, but Jeff Goldblum comes pretty close in Jurassic Park. The scientists were so focused on making dinosaurs that they didn’t stop to consider if they should. (Spoiler: it didn’t work...

Change Is Tough

by Travis Herbelin | Mar 12, 2021 | Acts, Joel, New Testament

The Air Force provides a lot of training, very little of it on a volunteer basis. One of the trainings I took was in “Change Management.” It may have had a different, more military sounding name, something like “Non-linear Progression of Leadership Requirements” but I...

The A-Team

by Travis Herbelin | Mar 5, 2021 | Acts, Isaiah, New Testament

When the Air Force stationed my dad overseas, the only real disadvantage of living “on the economy” was a lack of US TV programs. If you lived close enough to base, you could watch the Armed Forces Network, but we lived too far away. Somehow, one of the American...

He Already Knew

by Travis Herbelin | Feb 16, 2021 | Acts, New Testament

I was retiring. The Air Force had approved the paperwork and set the date. Unfortunately, that didn’t get me out of some formalities of paperwork. Once you have been in for a while, your record goes before promotion boards. The single most important part of that...

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