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IT’S CRUNCH TIME. My only daughter’s wedding takes place in a month. I get to do lots of stuff at the wedding, like walk her down the aisle entrust her to the care of my future son-in-law welcome guests to the wedding reception dance with my daughter …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Renee K., a lady worried about her sister. Renee wins a free book for asking this question. But I think a book would be a sorry excuse for what she really wants. Here’s her question. Why do atheist people …
I CAN GET AS ANGRY as anyone. Even at Christians. Especially at Christians. I expect more of those suckers than I expect of the Other Guys. And too doggone often, I’m disappointed. Often enough that if a company rep IDs himself or herself as a …
I WASN’T MR. SENSITIVE in my younger days. Actually, still today, I can be direct. And by “direct” I mean filterless. Like a Camel cigarette. Take the little Post-It size limericks and sayings I pasted to the front of my desk back when I worked my …
I APOLOGIZE for comparing first-time visitors in church to dogs. But the comparison did come to mind a few days ago. My daughter, Becca, has a new pup: a border collie named Tucker. Becca is going to be tied up over the Labor Day weekend, and she …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Debbie Curto, who gets a free book for her trouble. I’ve condensed her question quite a bit because Debbie gave me lots of info, to help me understand what she was talking about. Here’s her question: …
HERE’S AN IDEA. You know how I have the Bible Question of the Week feature every Monday? I’m toying with a Friday feature that that serves up a spiritual fortune cookie for the weekend. Something short and sweet to send you on your way after a hard …
TO BLOG OR NOT TO BLOG. That’s not the question. How often to blog, that’s the question. I may not make any changes whatsoever, keeping my current approach of one blog post every workday, Monday through Friday. But it takes a fair amount of time to …
MY BOOK MIGHT ‘MAJORLY SUCK’ for all he knew. That’s what Harry Nguyen, a California college student told me in an email on January 9, 2011. But he bought the book, Complete Guide to the Bible. And he was reading it. He wasn’t a Christian. He …
MONDAY WAS A TOUGH DAY for me. Emotionally. I blogged that wrenching Bible Q&A from a friend of mine in terrible physical pain. Nancy L: ‘I wish I could just die.’ Then I got emails and private messages from others—friends as well as …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It’s wrenching enough. But it’s made even more so for me because it comes from a friend. Here’s the question I got on Friday from Nancy L. “Why does God seem to allow His people to suffer? Even when He sees they are …
I WONDERED if folks in Bible times thanked God at the end of their work week. Friday was the end of their week, too. At sundown on Friday, Sabbath began—24 hours of no work. Just rest and worship. Ladies didn’t even have to cook. Meals were prepared …
