I feel the need to talk about a turning point I experienced a long time ago. I don’t remember having shared this before. Please be patient ...

Here’s a thing that happens among men, particularly among strong men, good men. Men of honor. Consider with me.  (Caution: all kinds of PC t...

In Genesis 14, the king of Sodom and some other kings went out to war, to oppose an invading horde that was conquering the region.   They l...

Point One: God has proven himself to be a skiled planner. If you look at the remarkable number (hundreds!) of advance plans (sometimes calle...

I was thinking about the rules. God didn’t create the covenant with all the rules. He wanted something much better (Exodus 19:6). But th...

Back in the 20th century, I managed a business for a friend. This was my “tentmaking” job while we were planting a church. Barry was a...

Here’s an awkward question: what constitutes a marriage? The Bible has lots of wisdom about how to make your marriage good, and a fair bit...

Early in our marriage, we realized that marriage is work. If our marriage was going to be as good as we knew it could be, as we hoped it wou...

I had an interesting train of thought this morning in the … er… Library. I have some plants and some starts that will go into the gard...

It was an interesting several years for me. I had an hour every day to walk in the woods. I chose to spend the time sauntering, decompress...

“Unfiltered” is sort of a thing right now. Folks talk on Instagram or Facebook about posts and pictures that are #Unfiltered:   they’r...

“Watch out!” “Keeping watch” “Watchman” The idea is consistent: pay attention; notice what’s going on. See what there is to see; hear ...

Authority is always given, never taken.  That’s pretty much immutable. Father could claim authority in my life in his role as my creat...

I love the Bible. I don't mean that metaphorically, this is literal: I love that book, I love those stories. Even more, I love the pre...

Four months ago, we was all slaves in Egypt , building bricks for a living, seven days a week, from before dawn till after dark. Our slave ...

There are maybe two primary kinds of people reacting with distress to the election results. One kind is all about outrage. That outrage...

It’s Christmas Eve. My home is filled with laughing children. My son is making something wonderful in the kitchen. My wife has forbidden ...

Someone asked me how I respond to Bible Thumpers. Boy did that make me think. Yeah, that’s a big issue. It’s big enough that Wikipedia ...