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As Mother’s Day approaches, I can’t help but feel for those ladies who hate the day because it throws a spotlight on their emptiness. Here’s a painful chapter from my life, excerpted from my book How to Live in the Moment. I LEANED …
“God led them in a roundabout way through the wilderness toward the Red Sea.” Exodus 13:18 IT’S A SEA WITH AN ASTERISK in the Bible. When we read “Red Sea” the asterisk usually says it’s yam suf in Hebrew, “sea of reeds.” That leaves many Bible …
YOU COULD CUT THE TENSION with a chainsaw during our Bible study this past Sunday. It so troubled one member of the group that he had a hard time focusing on the sermon afterward. Have you ever been in a Bible study group when things suddenly got …
I MARRIED A NURSE. A few years later, we had a baby. She grew up. Now I have two nurses in my family. I’m thinking about nurses not only because it’s National Nurses Week. It’s because of a phone call we got at 2:16 am on what had become Sunday of …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Ilene Ashworth. I’ll paraphrase the question, to shorten it. Paul’s number one qualification for an elder or a deacon is that they be married. If the wife dies, can the husband remain an elder or a deacon? …
THERE’S A FINE ART to critiquing the music minister. In yesterday’s blog, I warned people against having the pastor for lunch – eating the pastor alive by complaining over Sunday lunch about the pastor’s sermon. A friend of mine who is a music …
I’M NOT TALKING about eating with the pastor. I’m talking about eating the pastor alive…after the worship service on Sunday. “Having the pastor for lunch,” in the context of criticizing the pastor’s performance on Sunday, is a phrase I first heard …
THE BIBLE STILL SURPRISES ME, after all these years of studying it and writing books about it. Just today, I wanted to find a few Psalms of thanks. I thought it would be a good idea to post a blog thanking God for all he has done for us. So I started …
BAD NEWS. My pastor is leaving. It could be worse. I could be her dad. He and her ma live here in the greater metro area. Pastor Molly Simpson is moving to another state. She’s taking her husband and two pre-school-age children with her. Not grandma. …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from April Duty, a friend of mine. She wins a free book from the choices listed here: What does God have to say to us today concerning tattoos? As far as I can tell in reading the Old Testament law, God agrees …
THE FRIEND I wrote about in Wednesday’s blog post is having heart surgery today. Blocked arteries. I just got a text message from his wife saying they are finishing up the surgery now, and that he’s doing fine and they will know more in about 30 …
ONCE IN A WHILE I go to websites that sell my books and I take a look at what people are saying in their reviews. It’s always a mixed bag. Good stuff. Bad stuff. Happily, the overwhelming majority of reviews are good ones. Of the many books I’ve …
