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I HAD A TWO-HOUR LUNCH ADVENTURE yesterday, with 90 “Active” minutes and four-and-a-half miles on foot. That’s according to my Fitbit wristband. Buddy the Dog had just finished taking me for a walk on his favorite Scratch and Sniff trail in the …
PUBLISHERS GIVE ME FREE COPIES of my books. It’s in my contract. I can’t say how many books I get because my agent says I shouldn’t reveal the details of his negotiated deals. Makes sense to me. I give the books away instead of selling them. For …
Parts of the road Paul walked to his execution in Rome still exist. It’s the Appian Way. Flat stone blocks placed together like a jigsaw puzzle.Parts of the road Paul walked to his execution in Rome still exist. It’s the Appian Way. Flat …
FOR THE FIRST TIME in my 20-year career as a freelance writer, I’ve been asked to pick the cover art of a book I wrote. I don’t think most people know it, but writers generally don’t get pulled into the discussion about the book title or the cover. …
I DID NOT STAND UP in church on Sunday, National Grandparents Day, when the pastor asked all grandparents to stand. My buddy sitting beside me nudged me, adding a go-ahead nod. He knew that my first grandchild, a little boy, is alive and kicking …
Gideon was hiding in a hole in the ground when he got word from heaven that he was going to lead an army that would drive raiders out of the Jewish homeland. Heaven’s messenger suddenly appears nearby and says, “Mighty hero, the Lord is with you!” …
ONE EMAIL changed my week. It came this past Tuesday. By today, my son and I were supposed to be on the West Coast, prepping to meet with my editor and the publishing team: president, sales folks, designers. But the email reported that my editor – …
I WONDERED what a Psalm of the Bible would sound like while being read to the accompaniment of a banjo. I think like that. On Sunday, I’ll be teaching a Bible study session about the Psalms. Instead of giving the folks a lot of background about …
It comes as a big surprise to many, but the Antichrist isn’t even mentioned in the last book in the Bible, Revelation—a collection of end-time prophecies. He’s mentioned just four times elsewhere, including “You heard the Antichrist is coming. Well, …
MOSES HAD A PET ROCK, some Bible readers could easily conclude. Blame Paul. He said that when Moses led the Exodus Jews through the desert badlands for 40 years, the people didn’t have to worry about water: “They drank from the spiritual rock that …
MY PRIUS STUNK LIKE FISH on our four-hour drive home on Sunday. It wasn’t because of the 20 dead fish in the cooler. They were frozen rock hard, each fish resting in pieces in its own plastic bag. With all the bags buried under ice. The stink was …
Men with infertile wives were allowed to have sex with servants their wives provided “to bear children,” (Law 146, Hammurabi Code, 1700s BC). That’s how Abraham (2100s BC) got his first son, Ishmael, born of Hagar—the Egyptian servant of Abraham’s …
