J. and C. sat with me to talk about getting married. Though neither one is yet 30, life has beaten them up badly.  He was horribly abused as a child, never learned to read, developed addictions, and did 8 years… Continue reading

A long time ago, after what appeared to be a terrible reversal of fortune, I grieved. My income dropped by half. Bev and I had to sell the home we owned at the time. Yes, I made some choices that… Continue reading

For centuries, people in many cultures have carried a rabbit’s foot as an amulet. The ancient superstition says that the properly mounted item keeps ‘bad luck’ away.  Let’s just say that I don’t plan to start carrying a lucky rabbit’s… Continue reading

Our celebration of Easter is great, isn’t it?  Families gather.  We had our Easter dinner on Saturday.  The house was full of noise and laughter. When everybody went home, Ed, who’s 12, said, “I feel kind of empty when they… Continue reading

Most of my communication is about the stuff of life, practical exchange of necessary information such as, “Please take out the garbage this morning.”  Or, “Who’s picking up the kids from school?”There those conversations that cause us to linger, when… Continue reading

America is rapidly losing faith. For the first time in her history, this country no longer counts Protestant Christians as a majority. The ‘church’ has become increasingly irrelevant in a nation where the vast majority would “rather sleep in or… Continue reading

Gerald Sittser, a devout Christian, was enjoying a family trip when a car driven by a drunk came around a curve. In a moment, he lost his mother, his wife, and his daughter.  Out of his anguish, he wrote A… Continue reading

Phil Malcolm, a missionary coordinating ministry to Africa’s Children, laid out numbers that boggle the mind. There are 500 million kids in Africa, 90% of whom live in abject poverty, illiterate, without access to healthcare, and often victims of the… Continue reading

I spent some time looking through old pictures yesterday. Each image triggered memories – some happy, some sad, some wistful.  There were photos of a trip to family reunion in Indiana that I took with my Mom and Dad. Going… Continue reading

Loving the Truth What is a lie?  Is it just telling somebody something that is blatantly untrue?  That’s one kind of lie. A much more common way of lying is creating subtle impressions, allowing others to form wrong conclusions that… Continue reading