It may seem odd to mention the book Jesus Calling, given that I’ve named it in a few posts through the years. For example, “Uh… We’re Not Habakkuk” illustrates how…
Caller Unknown
Year: 2025
King Asa’s Prayer
Anyone trying to stand strong on truth can sometimes feel all alone, outnumbered, hopeless, “losing.” Or at least ill-equipped to keep battling what’s false, evil, dark. Perhaps some of that…
Heaven: It Ain’t the Morgue
Back in the 1990s I worked as a Japanese interpreter in Bellefontaine, Ohio. It was a joy to help Japanese families with parent-teacher conferences, doctor visits (even though I was…
Gifts and Priorities
At the risk of sounding like a whiner who’s just venting… I’ve written before about our possible over-focus on pets (for example: “Critter Cringe”). Then in November 2024 I heard…
Board Games—Who Knew?
My grandkids (age 14, 17, 20 at this writing) have, from the time they were very young, played board games with Mom and Dad. And I mean super-complicated games—the kind…