“He is an angry man,” I thought to myself as the conversation continued. From the first word, his defenses were up.  His tone was curt, his words edged with accusation. His anger caused him to see ‘issues’ where there weren’t… Continue reading

Financial advisers were mostly telling investors to ‘hang in there,’ during the wild swings on the stock markets yesterday. With American indexes showing declines around 10%, millions woke up this morning with less money on their balance sheet. Most termed… Continue reading

More than a year before our Presidential elections we are watching those who desire the office pose, promote, and present themselves. The ‘air’ that sustains them is attention. They have to capture headlines, get themselves on the evening news, and… Continue reading

Hypocrite. It’s a word much loved by people who spot sin and failing in others.  The definition of the word is: “a person who claims to have certain beliefs about what is right but who behaves in a way that… Continue reading

The Bible is often taught through filters that make the people of God into heroes, who did spectacular things, with experiences far removed from ordinary life.  By making David, Moses, and Peter (to name a few) into legendary heroes we… Continue reading

Watching my daughter and our grandson interact yesterday reminded me of the joy that a child finds in a loving mother. Giovanni fully trusts his mother and is completely dependent on her.  Without her (or someone to care for him)… Continue reading

When we moved to our present home on a country road where there are no streetlights, one of the first improvements I installed was a light fixture  on the front of the garage! Coming home from many evening meetings, I… Continue reading

We all have moments when life turns inside out, when nothing is going right.  We are tempted to wonder, “Have I done the right thing? Did I make a fatal mistake?”  Crisis can shake us down to the foundations of… Continue reading

When missionaries showed up at our little church in Iowa, it was always a special Sunday for me!  Their stories about far away place, the things they laid on the table at the front of the church –  pottery, animals… Continue reading

Do you ever find yourself wondering, “why him, not me?” It is a common sin called envy.  The dictionary defines envy as “a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else’s possessions, qualities, or situation.”  It creeps up… Continue reading