Never give up! Always surrender!!

I’ve been looking forward to October 2022 for a few years. Ever since my mom sent me my baby scrapbook and I found the handwritten October 1972 note saying that I had accepted Jesus as my savior that month. So this month marks 50 years with Jesus. What do I have...

A bedside story from October 1972

50 years ago, something happened beside the bed of a young child that changed his life forever. I am the firstborn of 4 children.  This is only a relevant fact in the face of the behavior of mothers to their children.  The amount of photos and scrapbooking that occurs...

Is Christianity fading away?

Recent statistics and numbers show an alarming change in the number of self-identified Christians in America in the years ahead. My plans this week got upended.  I thought I had a great email set up to send out… but then something happened.  Now it’s on...

Toxic Brew: Politics & Scripture

When politics starts to appropriate scripture to defend its cause, danger is close. One of the joys of reading through the Bible is that I run into scripture passages that trigger all sorts of thoughts. These are passages that I might not have thought to consider...