The sites, sounds, and ideas that I gathered during the days spent in Israel are still sorting themselves out in my mind. The place of the Bible in shaping my life, understanding what God says through His word, became even… Continue reading

On the flight home from Israel yesterday, an older gentleman from Jerusalem was seated next to me. He asked me why I had been Israel in his heavily accented English, after pronouncing his pride in being a born Israeli who… Continue reading

Somebody said “if you build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your door.”  Emerson was a bit more eloquent in phrasing the same idea. “If a man has good corn or wood, or boards, or pigs,… Continue reading

So what is the worst sin?  Lust? Greed? Materialism? Violence? While those choices cause harm to ourselves and others as well as offending our God, none of those is the worst. Well, then perhaps the worst sinner is the murderer,… Continue reading

“You two are not my favorite people right now!”  Our teenager flung those words at us in anger because we had disciplined her for failure to follow the rules. Many years after the fact the memory makes me laugh. In… Continue reading

The young baroness, newly arrived in Kenya, went for a ride into the bush, not knowing the dangers. When she got down from her horse, she failed to take her rifle from the saddle’s scabbard. Suddenly the horse bolted and… Continue reading

Everybody complains about something at least some of the time. It seems that we slip more easily into griping than gratitude, tending to note what’s wrong than what’s right. Nowhere is that more likely to happen than in our homes,… Continue reading

I am generally an irreverent kind of person, not much impressed with pomp and circumstance nor over-awed by trappings of power. But I do know the wonder of worship and the humble response of awe in the Presence of God.… Continue reading

Years ago, when I played at golf (I make no claim of actually playing golf since my game was so bad) I played an informal game that included ‘mulligans.’  A mulligan is a ‘do-over!’ Formal golf counts every stroke, good… Continue reading

The greatest wealth of my life is my network of friends and family!  Those who with whom I ‘do life’ give texture, joy, and support to my days. Being part of teams – at church, at work – multiplies the… Continue reading