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IT’S A TAD EMBARRASSING now that I think about it. Who hugs a Mennonite stranger at a book convention? Me. I couldn’t help myself. Actually, the problem might have been that I didn’t stop long enough to think about what I was doing. My wife and I …
THERE’S ONE BATTLE I often have to fight when I send a book off to a publisher. It’s not usually a pitched battle – though on one occasion I withdrew my manuscript from a publisher because of it. The trouble starts with my mission: I write books …
Here’s a bit more of what I started in yesterday’s blog. I’m in St. Louis at the annual convention of Christian booksellers. I’m scheduled for some media interviews along with meetings with my editors and my agent. …
As this blog post makes its way to the light of day, I’m in St. Louis at the annual convention of Christian booksellers. I’m scheduled for some media interviews along with meetings with my editors and my agent. There’s a lot of …
RUSHING OUT THE DOOR this morning, I’m off to help a friend help a friend move. But I woke up thinking of something sad. My lady pastor leaves on Sunday, Molly Simpson. One of the finest pastors I’ve ever had. I told her so yesterday when …
APPLE PRODUCTS don’t usually get me to thinking about God. If anything, they point me in the other direction. That’s because I don’t usually think about them until they start giving me problems. GarageBand is an exception. It’s an app I downloaded to …
SOMETIME AFTER MIDNIGHT I remembered I hadn’t written today’s blog. I would have written something for you, but you would not have wanted to read it. So I went to bed. Good news, though, I already wrote tomorrow’s blog. There, …
The following is an excerpt from Who’s Who and Where’s Where in the Bible 2.0. IT’S HARD TO SAY ANYTHING GOOD about Samson, once you’ve read his story. Especially perplexing is why God chose him to become a national hero. And why an unnamed writer in …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Gary Lee Parker of San Diego. He wins a free book for taking the time to send me the question. Here’s what Gary wants to know. “Is the word and concept of Rapture in the Bible? If not, when did the concept …
AT THE END of a beautiful week, I am thankful to God for a bunch of things. I’ll mention a few. But first, I thought I would check out what folks were thanking God for in the Bible. Thanks in the Bible Here’s what some Bible folks thanked God for: …
HOW MUCH MONEY should a human spend on a sick critter? Buddy the Dog, on a scale of 1 to 10, is more than $500 sick at the moment. He has been to the vet 3 times in the last half-week. First it was a double ear infection. Now he has what appears to …
I TOOK MOST OF THE DAY OFF yesterday. It was for a church thing. Here’s the problem. On April 27 our church had what we call a Mega Mission day. We rallied folks from our church to do spring chores for people in our city who needed help. We worked …
