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THE CHILD. Here’s a portrait of the boy who made his mother cry. I asked him how it felt to know that his words had that much power. Relax. It’s a happy family story like you won’t find in the Bible. IF YOU’RE LOOKING for a …

18 AND HEADED TO WAR. This is my dad, just turned 18 in the spring of 1944. He was about to ship off to Europe, to join the winter’s Battle of the Bulge, fighting in General George Patton’s army. I’m here because this teenage kid …

CHURCH FUNDRAISNG WITH CHEERFUL GIVERS. Classic art by Thomas Wortil illustrates one technique for raising money to pay the church’s bills. I’VE SEEN PREACHERS FUNDRAISING by using one sure-fire technique. But I’ve never seen anyone credit King …

THE LAST MINIVAN. Stephen M Miller saying goodbye to the Sienna minivan that had been the family’s workhorse since 1998. That’s the first year Toyota made the Sienna. He and his wife had just detailed it one last time before selling it to …

NOT THE SKY FALLING. This is what happens during a solar eclipse when the light drops and the heavy, hand-held camera starts taking three-second exposures. I’m sure a creative preacher could make a theological point about what happens to us …

GRANDDAUGHTER. On Easter Sunday, my oldest grandson asked to hold my “big” camera so he could take a picture of me. Appealing to my ego: smart move for a second grader. My granddaughter heard what he said and jumped onto my lap. We see in …

“I’M REQUESTING YOU SEE A GRIEF COUNSELOR.” That’s what my grown daughter said today. I had requested a family meeting about a relational problem involving some faraway relatives. So there we were: me and my registered nurse …

A PLACE FOR MOSES. A rabbi faces Jerusalem while reading Scripture in a synagogue. Behind the curtain in front of him is a handwritten copy of the laws of Moses, carefully preserved on a large Torah (Law) scroll kept in a cabinet called an ark. The …

4TH GRADE BIBLE GEOGRAPHY. Riley’s class in Chelsea, Alabama wanted a map poster of the land around the Sea of Galilee. We hadn’t experimented with that option before because it seemed old-school. But we did a little beta test and …

HUMBLE STATS. Here’s where people are listening to the song from Habakkuk’s prayer. Body count seems low. But I love the scattering. It’s like little digital disciples leaving Jerusalem (Kansas City) to spread the Good News or to …

GOING FOR THE HEART. Spotify curators running music playlists offer their criticism and encouragement about a song I just released. Some musicians advise against reading the rejection. But if we make them listen to our songs, we should probably …

LADY IN A CAR. I hired a company to help me promote a Christian song, Thank God He’s My Savior, and I got this lady riding in a car and looking at the camera for 10 seconds. This is one of the few scenes I could show you. I think TikTok may …