Good Day I’ve been thinking about graham crackers lately, thanks mainly to my wife’s interest having being primed by the students in first grade at Libertas. They were thinking about the graham cracker and that’s all it took for Debbie to pursue some timely research. Turns out that the famous Read more…
The “BEFORE ITS A WRAP” Last word Great is the believer whose friends include someone who will tell him the truth about the Christian life— The real truth about getting the most out of Christian life without watching it all unravel before our eyes. Text Galatians 5:19-25 It’s really not Read more…
Madmen meditate— Christians don’t! Madmen meditate, or so I’m told, but Christians not so much. It’s happened again. If the rainbow has unfortunately fallen upon tough times in our current social climate, then the practice of the Spiritual Disciplines, specifically for my interests, biblical meditation, has fallen victim to the Read more…
Why Beauty lingers on– I’ve been thinking about the recent fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral and people’s reaction to it. Along the way, I have encountered a wide range of responses, from an almost gleeful celebration at its destruction (serves those Catholics right for their obsession with pagan sentimentalities), Read more…
The other night I was attending a celebration that brought my wife and me back in touch with some folks with whom we have enjoyed a connection over the years. We were seated at a table of people we knew and during dinner I learned that a former colleague of Read more…
A number of years ago, I picked up a book with a catchy title, on the advice of someone who recommended it to me. All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten by Robert Fulghum suggested that the fundamental lessons of of life were learned in that early Read more…
So, I have taken a few weeks off as of late to prepare for and participate in the wedding of our youngest child and to enjoy the experience of watching her begin a new life together with the man of her dreams. Below is the transcript of the wedding message Read more…
There is a sense today in church leadership that the pastor must be the dictator to be viewed as possessing strong leadership—If not in charge, he is viewed by some as ineffective, weak, and disrespected— He is either the authoritarian with the big stick guilting his flock into doing what Read more…
A Widow’s big hurt In thinking about Mother’s Day this year, a couple of realities have collided in me. First, there is the realization that my own mother is absent from my world, as is my wife’s mother, and while accepted, it remains a huge black-hole in our lives. And Read more…
Dear member of God’s family, 2 Samuel 9 is a favorite chapter of mine, partly because of the relationship on display and in part because of its deeper significance in our lives. Bound up in the glories of David’s consolidated Kingdom, where finally everything is going David’s way, he has Read more…
