It was 1980. Our children were ages 7, 4, and 1. One morning the 4-year-old was pestering the other two terribly. Finally, I’d had enough. I grabbed him firmly by…
Category: Christian life
Jeremiah’s 4S Strategy
It seems increasingly important to ramp up efforts to equip kids/youth to be spiritually strong, so we adults need to reevaluate our confidence in our own spiritual foundation. That includes…
Sweeping Statements
What’s the best way to make a statement—when it will be read/heard by different categories of people—so that it will be processed properly by everyone? I’m talking about things like Facebook…
A Child Armed for Battle
I have this idea that the sound of strong Christian music or reading Scripture out loud, as well as behaving boldly according to the Lord’s truth, affects the enemy and…
Teamwork
It was the University of West Virginia vs. University of Texas men’s basketball game, February 20, 2021. Both teams were highly ranked, so it promised to be a good—and tight—game.…