Category Archives: Faith, Family, and Culture

A Strange Way to Celebrate

Just wondering … Did you know that this past week, practicing Jews around the world have been observing a holiday called Sukkot? If you’re like the

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Maybe We’ve Been Gettin’ It Backwards

If you’ve been reading the Bible for a while, you’ve probably noticed that God sometimes does things in ways that don’t coincide with our expectations and natural inclinations. Beyond that, He has a tendency to 

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Spiritual Armor ~ It’s Time to Take It Seriously

Most of the time when I sit down at my computer to write, I feel a kind of optimistic hopefulness. I love the stimulating awareness that 

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A Condition “Big Pharma” Can’t Treat

Maybe it’s just me, but I find the growing number of TV commercials for new drugs to be almost astonishing. I mention that because 

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Time to Make the “Good News” Visible

I don’t think I’m alone in my daily prayer that today would be both the day when we see some good news and an indication that the craziness engulfing so much of our country has reached its zenith. I begin … Continue reading →

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More than Just His Hands and Feet ~ Part 2: Let’s Face It…

Last week we started a discussion focusing on the small, but Biblically significant word, ‘Glory’. It’s a 

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