I know how to ruin a perfectly good weekend. I just bring up taking our kids to the dentist. That’s all it takes. Whatever joy that was filling the space of our happy, home-full of children departs. One moment, we delight in the smile of a two-year-old laughing at his own jumping ...
Read More »A Christian Response to Marijuana Legalization
Colorado and Washington have led the nation in the direction of the legalization of marijuana. My own mid-west state has finally followed suit, after several attempts, to get the initiative on the ballot. Does this present a dilemma for Christians who hold libertarian or constitutionalist political viewpoints? This may or ...
Read More »You say you want a revolution?
That girl in your study hall is suicidal. You’ve heard her despair, and you see her there now with her head on her desk. Perhaps her parents and the school know of her depression, but a third of the student body is reportedly struggling just like she is. Your heart ...
Read More »You Never Know
You never know what God is going to do in your life. Isaiah the prophet wrote what became a permanent Old Testament anchor of the faith. Written between 740 and 680 B.C., Isaiah wrote about Jesus and His death on the cross which was not to happen in Isaiah’s time. ...
Read More »Tired of Trying to Hold it all Together?
Although I love many things about my life and the times I’m living in, there are those days when I miss the innocence and pleasures of childhood. Those simple days long ago when my biggest concern was whether it would rain the next day, keeping me from the swimming pool, ...
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