Big Questions, Important Answers: Why Are You Angry?
For a moment think about volcanos. Some throw lava high into the air in a pyroclastic display that rivals the best fireworks. Others spew enormous amounts of ash, covering a…
Year: 2014
Big Questions, Important Answers – Adam, Where Are You?
97…98…99…100…Ready or not here I come. We’ve all probably played the childhood game of hide and seek. Trying to remain still and quiet so that we would not be found.…
Big Questions, Important Answers: An Introduction
Adam, where are you? Where is Abel your brother? What is in your hand? Whom shall I send and who will go for us? Who do you say that I…
A Presumption of Grace
One habit that I’ve been trying to cultivate is responding and reacting with grace. The specific moments that I’m thinking of happen most often between Betty and I but also…
J. Hiram Scott
“Mr. Scott will see you now,” announces a pencil-thin brunette. J. Hiram Scott, master of industry; inventor and marketer of Scott’s 99 – The Clean All Solution Used by Industry,…
I’m Shocked!
“And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt: “Two men went up into the temple to…
Increase Our Faith!
One day two guys, let’s call them Mike and Pat, were walking down a road with Jesus. Pat, for reasons unknown, slides closer to Mike and trips him. Mike sprawls…
Let It Go!
My granddaughter Mackenzie is enamored with the Disney movie Frozen. She loves to sing and dance along with the princess’s song – Let It Go. She knows all the words…
When God Says No
One day when Michael was around 4 and Rebekah was about 6 it snowed. This particular storm left cars, trees, and lawn beautifully covered in 2-3 inches of fluffy white.…
Resurrection
I debated whether to write about Christ’s death and resurrection this Easter or simply ignore it. Every Christian blogger and writer on the Internet will have something to say about…
A House of Prayer
The first event after the hosannas of Jesus entering Jerusalem was the cleansing of the temple. Mark records it this way – “Then they came to Jerusalem. And He entered…
On Christ’s Resurrection and Diety
The bulk of this article is from a theology class research paper I wrote in 2010. It is longer and has a more formal style than you are used to…