Kingdom of God

Our Adoption Renewed

A foundling is just that, a child who is found, having neither claim to nor the care of parents. A foundling’s only option for survival is to have someone step in and exercise the right of adoption ...

Breaking the Bank

The phrase Breaking the Bank is an idiom meaning to spend more than one normally would, even if we have to tap our reserves. It means drawing down our retirement fund to put our daughter through ...

Filled Up With a Good Thing

We whistle to call our dogs. We tap the tank to get our fish’s attention. Grandparents sit up and listen to the sound of the phone. “Dinner is ready” brings the family running. We’ve got ...

Time to Give It Up

Tenacious. That’s what a pit bull is. When it grabs on, it never lets go, even when it should. In May of 2015, in a peaceful upscale North Carolina neighborhood about an hour east of Raleigh, a ...

Not Loving God’s Gifts

We are offended by ungrateful people. When we choose a birthday gift, it’s exactly that, a gift. For the recipient to pass judgement on it isn’t playing the game fairly. The giver gets to choose ...

The Old College Try

We don’t use the phrase The Old College Try much anymore, but it used to be wildly popular. It’s a slang expression, more of a cheer, actually, that we might call out to someone who’s ...

The Tatters of Our Desires

The trip is in the journey. Another way to say it is that we’ll be disappointed in our destination if we sacrifice everything to get there. A well-known song by Mac Davis tells us to stop and ...

The Stone of Bohan

America is a country of ownership, of borders, and of legally drawn boundaries that make a difference. There are cities all across the Union that straddle state lines. It’s important to note which ...

Making It Easy on Ourselves

No one likes to do more work than necessary. We don’t sweep the floor before running a vacuum over it, and why wash the dishes before putting them in the dishwasher? How smart is it to do the ...

The Special Blessing

Sometimes good stuff rubs off on us. We don’t have to be especially brilliant. We can be in the right place at the right time, and things fall into place. It’s nothing we do, but rather the ...

Seeing the Wind

Sailors search for the wind. It’s vital, because they can’t move without it. There are several ways to tell what the wind’s doing. We can look to the water itself. Is the surface flat, like a ...

Our Relaxation Vacation

Some vacations are not relaxing. We have no “chill” time, no mornings to put up our feet, and certainly no easing of the stress that’s daily fare in our work-a-day world. A television travel ...

Working the System

In a British crime show, a con man who had duped multiple university investment funds and absconded with millions, did his time and wrote a successful book about it. He made real and honest millions ...