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

I find myself in tears after a phone call to my office from a young mother who can’t afford diapers for her baby because Daddy decided it was more important to have ‘fun’ than to take care of his child. … Continue reading

Maribel, one of our kids, was a sprinter when she was in prep school. One of her events was the 4 x 100 meter, a race with four runners. The continuity of the race is the baton and the key… Continue reading

Three years ago  whatever illusions I had about being invincible, disappeared when I had to go through a major surgery to remedy a problem that would have otherwise ended my life!  It was a kind of moment that changes a… Continue reading

There’s a theory that we can get past negative emotions only by giving vent to them.  There is a some truth in that. Bottling up rage or suppressing grief, for example, can take a toll on our bodies and become… Continue reading

A few years I called another church to ask if our youth group could use their van for a day trip when both of ours were booked by our Christian School.  “No,” they replied, “We can’t expose ourselves to the… Continue reading

It’s easy to overlook what is one of the foundational parts of a healthy Christian life, and many do.  Often it is a kind of ‘intentional’ oversight, an unexamined choice supported by assumptions that are too quickly turned into fact.… Continue reading