Nostalgia- what a powerful force it wields. I can hardly bear to page through our family picture albums or watch old family videos. Why? They stir up such memories, such longing for the happy moments when my kids were running… Continue reading

It was a good Resurrection Sunday! At the sunrise, we sang in the chilly wind and remembered the women who went to the garden, only to discover that the stone was rolled away, the Lord risen from His grave. The… Continue reading

Who doesn’t enjoy a task completed, a project finished, reaching the goal? One of the most important ‘projects’ in my life was my God-given responsibility to prepare our children for adulthood, giving them the tools – emotional, intellectual, and spiritual… Continue reading

Do you ever stop and think why Christians wear crosses and decorate churches with crosses thereby making the means of suffering and cruel death the symbol of their faith? In some churches it has become fashionable to keep the cross… Continue reading

The message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ has been challenged this year by the fictional work of Dan Brown, The DaVinci Code. Nearly 40 million copies of the book, which is a novel about the conspiracy of the Church… Continue reading

Recently I had a conversation with a discouraged pastor who told me that he had concluded that his work in the church he served was finished. He had prepared his resume and put it out to other churches. He was… Continue reading

Brian and Katie are beautiful young adults, full of life and optimism, obviously in love. On Saturday, as I heard them say, “I promise to love… in good time and bad times, in times of plenty as in times of… Continue reading

I have never met a king, or a prince, to my knowledge. With my American background that resists respecting one person over another simply because of his bloodlines, I’m not sure it would matter much to me anyway. I believe… Continue reading

The Old Testament book of Esther is a curious book in that the name of God is never mentioned in it! In case you’re not familiar with the story, here’s an outline. The Persian king rids himself of his queen… Continue reading

The sordid details of the boy’s life were, by turns, tragic and shameful. His testimony before a Congressional committee grabbed the attention of the media. Justin Berry, 19, told of being drawn into Internet pornography, how as a 13 year… Continue reading