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…
King Asa’s Prayer
Category: Christian life
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…
Kids Are Listening
Pet parakeets pick up (and repeat) sounds and words that the owners don’t even intentionally teach. Like imitating the owner’s cough. Or things the owner often says on the phone:…
I Got Rhythm
A spiritual trend for some time now has been in the use of the word rhythm. Yes, we might use the word in the sense of wanting to keep a…
What’s Up with Stoicism?
A friend who asked about Stoicism (April 2024) had been reading up—and seemed intrigued. Little did I know there were numerous books out on the subject! It seems impossible to…