Remember making up codes with your childhood friends? Or did you ever eak-spay ig-Pay atin-Lay? Kid stuff. But if an adult claimed the discovery of a secret code, it’d be…
Perfect Father, Commander, Coach
There’s a ton of misunderstanding about what the Lord is like: Some people depict the Lord as unreasonably strict and cruel, often referring to that caricature as “the God of…
Caller Unknown
It may seem odd to mention the book Jesus Calling, given that I’ve named it in a few posts through the years. For example, “Uh… We’re Not Habakkuk” illustrates how…
King Asa’s Prayer
Anyone trying to stand strong on truth can sometimes feel all alone, outnumbered, hopeless, “losing.” Or at least ill-equipped to keep battling what’s false, evil, dark. Perhaps some of that…
Heaven: It Ain’t the Morgue
Back in the 1990s I worked as a Japanese interpreter in Bellefontaine, Ohio. It was a joy to help Japanese families with parent-teacher conferences, doctor visits (even though I was…