Award-Winning, Bestselling Christian Author
LIKE MANY OF YOU I feel a bit helpless these days. In our free society, we can’t always stop the bad guys from doing bad things that hurt us. Nor can we always get the supposedly good guys to do the good things that help us. Are you reading this, …
I HAD LUNCH with my son yesterday. We talked about the Boston Marathon bombing, of course. I asked if he had watched the news and looked at the online photos. He had. He cried. Like many of us. He said one brief scene in a video clip tipped him over. …
I COULDN’T BELIEVE IT. I was still dealing with pushback from yesterday morning’s blog post titled, “Where is God when bullets fly?” and then up pops the news flash: Bomber strikes Boston Marathon. A childhood friend of mine was hoping to run in that …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Erin Drew, who wins a free book for her trouble. The recent tragedy in Connecticut [a shooting that killed 20 children and 6 adults in Sandy Hook Elementary School] brought up this question from my fiancé, …
PRACTICE ON YOUR DOG if, like me, you find it tough to dish out compliments. Or practice on your cat. Or your potted petunia. If you are anything like me, it comes a whole lot more natural to criticize, complain, and pick at people than it does to …
THERE’S A SPARROW ten feet from my head. It’s perched on a budding redbud tree outside the window of my second-story home office. Buddy the Dog lies sprawled on the carpeted floor behind me, eyes closed. So the sparrow can rest in peace on its …
“Here is a simple, rule-of-thumb guide for behavior: Ask yourself what you want people to do for you, then grab the initiative and do it for them” (Matthew 7:12, The Message). THOSE OF YOU who know a bit about me from my writing might be surprised by …
High-profile pastor Rick Warren, author of the best-selling book “The Purpose Driven Life,” lost his 27-year-old son late last week. The young man, Matthew, apparently took his own life. A statement issued by Rev. Warren’s church, Saddleback …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Wayne Sacchi, a Kentucky gent full of questions, I’ve discovered. That’s a good thing. For his curiosity, Wayne wins the book of his choice from this list of available books. Here’s his question: There is …
“I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes.” God to Noah, Genesis 6:17 EARTH BECAME WATERWORLD, as the Bible tells it. Anything that breathed got buried at sea—except those lucky enough to be …
I’VE GIVEN AWAY hundreds of my books. Postage paid. Want one? It’s not that I’m generous. I’m confident, though. A bit like a greasy-spoon short-order cook who has a tasty recipe for a burger, and bets you can’t eat just one. He gives you a coupon …
“Goliath stood and shouted….‘I am the Philistine champion….Choose one man to come down here and fight me!’” 1 Samuel 17:8 Philistine champion warrior Killed by shepherd boy David GOLIATH GOT NO TAKERS. He offered to settle the war between Jews and …
