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WHAT YOU’RE ABOUT TO READ won the writer, Kathy LaMaster, a new $700 iPad Air 64GB. Well worth it. Not just because she said a bunch of nice things about me, which sure didn’t hurt my feelings. But because of what happened afterward. Read …

YOU DON’T WANT TO DISAPPOINT A KID. But I did. I gave a book to a boy who had a name from the Bible. I should have known better. Here’s the problem. The book was about the most important people and places in the Bible: Who’s Who & Where’s Where …

A FEW MONTHS AGO I submitted an illustrated book that the publisher intended to print in black and white. I was actually bummed out by that idea because my strength is in color, illustrated books. And black and white feels so 1950s. On the other …

LATE LAST WEEK I got the email. I can’t say much more about it than what you read in the title of this article. The news is too fresh and too sensitive. But this question comes from a young person who’s sis came out as gay: “What does the …

CUSTODIANS SHOULD RUN THE CHURCH, as I understand the Bible. They are the ones with a bucket of water, a rag, and the heart of a servant willing to get down on hands and knees to clean up the mud, the blood, and the beer. But we give the job to …

DANIEL – OF THE LION’S DEN FAME – was a vegan. In a touch of irony, those lions – well-established carnivores – refused to dine on him when they had a chance (Daniel 6). As though they became temporary vegans too. Daniel was a young Jewish noble …

I’D RATHER NOT recognize some people in heaven, if you know what I mean. Souls that don’t belong there, if what I saw in them is any measure of worth. Souls that probably don’t think I belong there, if what they saw in me is any measure of worth. …

I COMPLETELY MISREAD THE QUESTION. I’m not sure I would have picked it if I hadn’t misread it. And I can’t believe I misread it so utterly completely. What in the world is happening with the brain when the question on the screen in front of you reads …

JUST FOR FUN, I’m going to pitch you some Bible verses that make me smile. Sometimes it’s the message. Sometimes the delivery. On occasion, it’s both – the double dip. In my spare time, I paraphrase the Bible. It’s a Bible-study technique I’m …

IT TOOK TWO LETTERS to do the job. I wrote a blog article last week about how people in my Bible study group surprised a fellow member of ours with letters of encouragement to help him through a difficult summer. He was a school teacher who got …

A LADY SHOWED UP on my Facebook news feed a few days ago complaining about people tearing into her for homeschooling her kids. “I am absolutely done,” she said, “with the ignorant opinions people have towards homeschooling.” My first …

IMAGINE YOUR POLICE MUG SHOT. That’s the look my buddy, Terry, held on his face for about 45 minutes during last Sunday’s Bible study session. It’s the expression of Barney Fife without a bullet. Here’s what happened. Our pastor has been preaching a …