Faith

Our Useless Mission

When we head to the grocery store, we have a goal. Bring home the groceries. If the pantry is full, and our spouse sends us to the grocery store anyway, are we there to window shop? Is it just an ...

The Harder Test

One premise of a good education is that once we’ve completed a course, we pass the test, and we move on. The course is complete. We no longer have to be tested over the same material. Yet, in our ...

The String Around God’s Finger

How many times have we returned from an outing to find we forgot to turn a light off or left the garage door up, inviting trouble into our ...

Time is subjective. When we are young, the days of the year are snail-slow, creeping by at an intolerable pace. As we mature, the years become days, and we are pleased to see time move on. It is in ...

Our AUGUST God

Summer extends well past the end of August, but for all practicality, August wraps up the activities of the summer season, even as we feel summer's heat linger deep into September. The year has moved ...

Four Lepers and the Lord

Sometimes we face those moments when we can go no further. Life has thrown us into the dust, and we can’t even look up. We have the blinders of depression obscuring every good thing that used to ...

God's GPS

When we type a destination in our GPS, we trust it to take us where we need to go. The same should be true of our trust in ...

With Blinded Eyes

When horses are on the road, they often wear blinders. Why? Their eyes are on the sides of their heads, and they are easily distracted. The blinders (also known as blinkers or winkers) help keep the ...

Our HOT God

In this world we strive for security. We install alarms in our houses; we live in gated communities; even our phones require security codes to gain access to our ...

Good Men Can Be Found in Bad Places

When we drive in an unfamiliar area, and we see boarded up windows and derelict cars, we usually try to drive right on past as quickly as ...

Trust or Bust

Trust in others is at the core of a successful job, a wise investment, or a good marriage. When trust begins to erode, our foundations weaken, and things collapse around us. We no longer get the ...

Our Touchdown Dance

Anyone who plays football knows there is no such thing as an easy victory. The game of football is a shoulder-numbing, head-cracking grind, and progress is only made in fits and ...

When the Lights Go Out

In 2003 a massive blackout swept across the Northeast, stretching from Ohio to New York, and reaching from Canada in the north to New Jersey and Connecticut at its ...