Are You Strutting Your Stuff?
Have you ever driven a bus or a truck with a "governor" attached to the engine mechanism? It's an item that won't allow the vehicle to go any faster than a designated speed, such as 5o miles per hour. No matter how far down you push the accelerator, you can't go...
SOMEBODY ELSE’S FLOYD
Have you ever wanted to be like someone else? Someone flesh and blood, not a comic book hero or any other fictitious heroine? I have. I still do. In three scenarios that occurred during my years at Wheaton Graduate School in Illinois (1971-73), I'll show you why....
When You Feel Lower Than A Snake’s Belly In A Wagon Rut
Bible verses for when you feel despondent, afraid, anxious, bereft of wisdom, become aware of a pattern of sin, or feel needy for any reason whatsoever. In order to benefit from this post, you will need to use your Bible. If any of the questions representing areas...
Dangerous Praying
Do we dare ask God to search our hearts? Some prayers are more dangerous than others. One type of prayer that has far-reaching consequences is to ask the Lord to search your heart for hidden sin, or for wrong patterns of thought. This happened to me years...
Why Don’t Christians Cry Anymore?
Whatever happened to shame and to agonizing over sin? Is a sense of shame always a bad thing for a Christian? Many Bible teachers and counselors reply with a resounding “Yes!” "There’s no place for shame in a Christian’s life," they insist. Thanks to forgiveness,...
Who Are You??
"If I can't come to the office each day, then who am I?" A lesser-known character in the TV series Mad Men (2007-2015) spoke those sobering words after the Madison Avenue ad agency for whom he worked fired him for drunkenness. During the series' nine seasons, the...
Does Orange Go With Purple? Prayers and Insights from Young Children
A young child's prayer of praise: "Dear God, I didn't think that orange went with purple until I saw the sunset You made Tuesday night. That was really cool!" This article offers a lighter-than-usual touch, focusing on prayers of children, and an eight-year-old...
Redwood Theology: We Can’t Go It Alone!
The closer they are to one another, the more they thrive, the better they grow. The togetherness they experience enables each one to withstand the inevitable assaults of adversaries. Literally, they support one another when threatening circumstances encroach. Their...
Do You Take Your Life-Saving Medicine?
As you start this blog, please be aware that it concerns much more than stories about our physical ailments and the meds we take for those maladies. Life-Saving Medicines Back in 2003, a throbbing pain in my right calf, not caused by injury, prompted a...
ANY OLD BUSH WILL DO (Part 2)
When you see or hear the words "holy place," what pops into your mind? The "Holy of Holies" in the Old Testament tabernacle? The proposed spot in Jerusalem where Jesus died on the cross? The wailing wall by the Temple mount, with hundreds of prayer requests folded...
FIVE LIFE-CHANGING MINUTES: A Teacher’s Legacy
Five minutes. That's all it took for her to change my life. It was what she did and said to start her first-period English class, early in the Fall of my senior year of high school. Before I explain, I need to set the stage for that life-altering incident, which...
“Dennis, Will You Forgive Me?”
What did one of us say, or what happened, that caused anger to boil over between us? Why did we spit verbal venom on one another that day? Why did the argument degenerate into a fist fight? Honestly, I can't remember why. Scene 1 Spring 1968 Dennis, my...
