February provides a good excuse to dig into what the Bible tells us of love. With Valentine’s Day and its symbols of romantic love, such as candy, hearts, and flowers on the horizon, it’s a perfect opportunity to see what the Bible can teach us about love —love that may include romance but also goes […]
David’s slingshot with a smooth stone can teach us a lot about how we fell the Goliaths of 2022. The familiar story is a prime example of why the Bible’s timeless accounts apply across the centuries. What is your ‘smooth stone’ and where are you aiming it this coming year?
Can you believe we are now in the last month of 2021? What a year it has been for so many. I suspect you, like me, have felt the challenges of all the issues we’ve dealt with as individuals, families, communities—of trying to leave a pandemic behind, returning to something approaching normality, but probably changed […]
It’s November so that means Thanksgiving season in the United States and many other countries. There is so much I am grateful for this year and invite you to count your blessings as well. There are two lines of thought coming together for me today: the powerful Psalms that express deep gratitude to the Almighty […]
Have you had to postpone a trip in the past 18 months because of health regulations or concerns? If so, you have a lot of company. It’s what just happened again to me and a group of friends. But this time I thought about a Biblical journey that got seriously interrupted—and yet amazing good came […]
I had the privilege of recently being in the South of France, where we saw the prehistoric art of the Chauvet Cave. You probably remember when this magnificent discovery was made in the 1990s of cave drawings created some 30,000 years ago. Nothing prepared me for their power and beauty, their contemporary timelessness, and the […]
