Hello, my friend! Merry Christmas! It was about halfway through Christmas day that I realized just how grateful I was. Grateful that I could spend it with my daughters and my wife. Grateful that I’ve been given opportunities to help people, even in little ways. Grateful that, for the first time in three years, I was healthy for Christmas. Grateful …
Judge Not Yourself
This week I’ve been pretty hard on me. Can you relate? As an introvert, it is possible that I spend more time inside my own head than some people. And that’s okay. I like it there. I have it decorated just the way I want it. It has my favorite Cthulhu throw rug. A strange ooze drips periodically from the …
Can We Savor the Bittersweet?
It might come as a shock to you to learn that my wife loves chocolate. However, as we’ve gotten older, she and I have developed much more of a taste for dark rather than milk chocolate. Dark chocolate is, of course, much more bitter, especially when you first start eating it. But the health advantages to dark over milk are …
The Fish in Jonah’s Puddle – Part Six
Welcome to “The Fish in Jonah’s Puddle (To Say Nothing of the Demon).” This is a book I’m writing chapter-by-chapter on this blog, and you are on chapter six. (You can read the rest of it here.) Having said that, you do not have to read the earlier chapters to have a good time. You will have fun jumping in …
Prayer Update 11
This prayer update was born when I realized, to my horror, that I had accidentally left a couple of people off of my last prayer update. I set out to rectify this with the first ever .5 update, but then more people kept popping up needing to be put on, and more updates kept coming in from current friends. So, …
Where is God When We Suffer?
I want to make a very special announcement to you today. If you ever follow my Facebook page, you probably know what I’m going to say. But otherwise, this could potentially come as a complete surprise because I have done a terrible job of getting the news out. Either way, here it is. =) Now. Drum roll please. Starting today …
Prayer Update 10
Here we are, big numero diez! We have a ton of updates today to the prayer list, so let’s get praying! (I’ve tossed in some bold to make people stand out.) First, Sue Westbrook has finished her last chemo! Her nurses danced to the YMCA and gave her a certificate before sending her on her way. Her port has probably …
The Fish in Jonah’s Puddle – Part Five
The Story Thus Far: Jonah met the salmon Stuart in a puddle in his back yard after a massive storm rampaged through it, tearing through his world into other dimensions. He then made the mistake of telling his parents. His mother and father, fearing for his sanity, told him not to talk to Stuart any more, and to go play with other …
Rediscovering Christianity: The Movement
What is Christianity? What is it really? When you get right down into its heart, what do you find? In recent weeks I’ve heard a lot of people bickering over what Christianity really is. Some say it’s the church. Some say it has transcended the church. Some say it’s an antiquated, impossible belief system. Some say it’s the only true …
We Are All Left Behind
I heard recently that the world is about to end. I bet you did, too. Our culture today is obsessed with the end of the world. Whether religious or secular, we know all about being Left Behind™ or being the last humans standing surrounded by The Walking Dead™. Many Christians chant, “Come, Lord Jesus!” And when they say this, what …