Q&A with Steve
As this blog post makes its way to the light of day, I’m in St. Louis at the annual convention of Christian booksellers. I’m scheduled for some media interviews along with meetings with my editors and my agent. There’s a lot of …
Sadly rejoicing
RUSHING OUT THE DOOR this morning, I’m off to help a friend help a friend move. But I woke up thinking of something sad. My lady pastor leaves on Sunday, Molly Simpson. One of the finest pastors I’ve ever had. I told her so yesterday when …
GarageBand app and the Bible
APPLE PRODUCTS don’t usually get me to thinking about God. If anything, they point me in the other direction. That’s because I don’t usually think about them until they start giving me problems. GarageBand is an exception. It’s an app I downloaded to …
Oops, I forgot to write the blog post
SOMETIME AFTER MIDNIGHT I remembered I hadn’t written today’s blog. I would have written something for you, but you would not have wanted to read it. So I went to bed. Good news, though, I already wrote tomorrow’s blog. There, …
Samson: not such a nice guy
The following is an excerpt from Who’s Who and Where’s Where in the Bible 2.0. IT’S HARD TO SAY ANYTHING GOOD about Samson, once you’ve read his story. Especially perplexing is why God chose him to become a national hero. And why an unnamed writer in …
Will God beam us up to heaven someday?
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Gary Lee Parker of San Diego. He wins a free book for taking the time to send me the question. Here’s what Gary wants to know. “Is the word and concept of Rapture in the Bible? If not, when did the concept …
Thanking God it’s Friday
AT THE END of a beautiful week, I am thankful to God for a bunch of things. I’ll mention a few. But first, I thought I would check out what folks were thanking God for in the Bible. Thanks in the Bible Here’s what some Bible folks thanked God for: …
Bible guide to a dog’s tummy ache
HOW MUCH MONEY should a human spend on a sick critter? Buddy the Dog, on a scale of 1 to 10, is more than $500 sick at the moment. He has been to the vet 3 times in the last half-week. First it was a double ear infection. Now he has what appears to …
One day off work, for a kind deed
I TOOK MOST OF THE DAY OFF yesterday. It was for a church thing. Here’s the problem. On April 27 our church had what we call a Mega Mission day. We rallied folks from our church to do spring chores for people in our city who needed help. We worked …
What I think when the kids come home
MY TWO KIDS ARE GONE. My son is married and living a few miles west with his two ladies. It’s legal. One lady barks. My daughter is about to be married. We’ll dance the wedding waltz in October. She lives a few miles north. This house used to be …
Did Jesus tell his guys to lock and load?
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Andrew Campbell, who gets a free book for his trouble. Here’s his question: I know you answered a question for a guy a while back about guns and personal defense [Christians, guns & self-defense]. Why …
Bible tip for reducing vacation stress
ON VACATION I didn’t give much thought to where we might go in Germany and Switzerland. Both of those countries are beautiful, so I figured it would be hard to go wrong wherever we went. So when our group was putting together an itinerary, I was …
