Just about any parent of a child, particularly a teen, knows what it is to deal with a lack of appreciation.  After scarfing down dinner, that boy whose just eaten his fill, walks away apparently without any idea of the… Continue reading

“I’ve got to do this,” he insisted. “If I don’t, everything will fall apart.”  He knew the choice he was about to make was not aligned with the Christian principles he had been taught.  But, he was certain it was… Continue reading

Small rodents called a lemmings occasionally engage in migrations. Sometimes these movements lead them to a body of water. They plunge in, thinking they can swim, but often, exhausted by the effort, they drown in what looks like a mass… Continue reading

Ed (he’s 11) asked me a tough question yesterday – “What if time stopped?”  I tried to explain to him that his query is unanswerable, that time flows irresistibly.  But, then I considered eternity which is timeless!  In the Presence… Continue reading

As parts of Europe slide over the brink into economic oblivion, I wonder what the trans-Atlantic effect will be.  Will the bankrupt countries there pull our country into a deeper hole?  Much closer to home, I look at the earning… Continue reading

168 hours from now a week will have passed.  For most of us the single largest chunk of that time, about 56 hours, will be spent in our bed, sleeping.  Another  50 will be given to our work and commute-… Continue reading

Enduring losses that were beyond my control – death of parents, serious illness, loss of friends- has allowed me to understand Jesus in a new way. Unlike any time in the past, I know what it feels like to be… Continue reading

Bible Study was over.  It was about 8:15 PM as I walked to the front door of the church to lock it. There stood two teenage girls. They asked if they could come in. One said she had never been… Continue reading

You know the old story of Chicken Little, don’t you?  She was walking  the barnyard when an acorn fell on her head.  Immediately she formed an unsubstantiated conclusion: the sky is falling!  Then she ran around spreading fear and chaos… Continue reading

Do you know that love includes accountability? A good parent requires discipline of his son, even though it causes conflict. A devoted wife pursues her husband and will not tolerate other loves in his life. Our permissive culture resists the… Continue reading