Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” (Genesis 3:1) It’s the oldest lie in the Book, “Did God really say?” While…

I was teaching in my mission’s class at Christ for the Nations the other day about the story of Jonah. If you’ve spent any time in church at all, you’ve no doubt heard the story a million times. It occurred to me, for the first time in my life, that…

I struggled with anxiety for years. Struggle may be the wrong word to use. If something consistently beats you down and renders you feeling helpless and hopeless, I’m not sure there is much of a struggle there. But like one of those old inflatable punching bags, I always bounced back…

I sometimes like to watch the extras, or background actors, or whatever you want to call them when I’m watching a TV show or a movie. I like to see if they’re being natural, or if they’re doing something weird because they’re on camera and they feel like they should…

“There’s a snake up there on the bricks!” They said. “Walk on the other side of the path.” They said. I was pushing my son, Jack, in his stroller, through the Nature Preserve today, just enjoying the beautiful weather. There was a snake! A big snake! I’m glad they told…

I saw an article today that said New York City just removed their last public payphone. Why does such news bring with it so many emotions? I’m for sure getting older, we all are, but I’m not old…that old anyway. Seeing that news made me feel so nostalgic, or sad…

I was thinking about hamburgers the other day. What a funny word, “hamburger.” There’s no ham in the burgers I eat…no ham that I know of, anyway. Now a SPAMburger, that would have some ham, but I digress. Words. They mean things. Someone reading a McDonald’s menu 200 years from…

My car was carrying precious cargo, my wife and two kids. We were driving in two lane traffic headed back home from a weekend in Lubbock. The big vehicle in the other lane had left its lane and crossed over a little too far into ours. I hate those roads…

“The foundation of all ministry is a love for the Lord and a desire to spread his glory. This is the only motivation that will keep the missionary going for the distance.” -Thomas Hale & Gene Daniels I’ve been reading a book by long time missionaries Thomas Hale & Gene…