Bible 101
Want to learn more about the Bible? about God? about Jesus? Dig into these resources for the basics.
Just the crickets
Before summer is over, I hope you can go someplace where all you can hear are the crickets. I’m not talking about crawling around…
The water always wins
I would like to revisit an expression I heard when I was watching coverage of hurricanes Harvey and Irma: “The water always wins.” Meteorologists…
Church rules
I have counseled many, many troubled people over the years, but never once has anybody ever admitted being a Pharisee. Although the Pharisees as…
Divine urgency
I see it clearly now. In my youth I had the mind-set that unlimited time stretched before me. If I wanted to learn to…
No excuses
Children don’t have to be coached to know how to attempt to weasel out of responsibility for their misdeeds. They figure out denial (“Not…
One perfect place
At the end of August 2017, my family moved from Canada to the Caribbean. Near and dear ones (and our packing company) looked on…
By faith, not by sight
We all have to navigate our way through life, trying to avoid the rocks and reefs that would cause us to shipwreck. Of all…
Super seniors: Moses
When God intervenes in human history and wants to show that things are not happening by accident, he chooses the number 40. He gave…
Super seniors: John
You’d think most 90-year-olds would envision a pleasant and secure life in a retirement community, doing a little gardening, talking with friends, reading some…
Super seniors: Daniel
When I was a young man, I heard a pastor in his 60s speaking longingly of retirement. I chided him for even thinking about…
Super seniors: Anna
You know, don’t you, which adjective is used most often with old lady? Yep—little, as in little old lady. Somehow small size seems to…
Naaman’s servant girl
You know, the Bible’s main characters are almost all adults. Almost. But there are some amazing children in the narrative of God’s plan of…