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BOTH DADS ARE DEAD. The father who raised me. The father-in-law who became my friend when I married his daughter. Father’s Day reminds me of this, which makes it like Memorial Day. A time to remember. Dad on the phone 800 miles away, talking me …
EVER WONDER why our favorite relatives and friends often seem to die first, leaving us with the Grinch who stole Christmas, Cruella de Vil, and the Wicked Witch of the West? Conventional Christian wisdom might explain it this way. God wants sweet …
YOUNG GALS WHAT TO KNOW. It’s the Bible Question of the Week, and it comes from Christina Smith Wise, who is passing along a question some young ladies asked during a church confirmation class. For her trouble, Christina gets a free book if she would …
I GOT AN EMAIL ALERT this week from the Religion News Service: “One of the most formidable figures in the world of Christian thought weighs in on hot topics such as natural disasters, homosexuality, and whether he thinks Christians can believe in …
ONE OF MY BIG REGRETS is that I moved 800 miles away from the rest of my family. I’d do it again, of course, because 800 miles away is where I met my wife and where we raised our daughter and son—my two best contributions to this world. I didn’t have …
FRIENDS OF MINE hosted a high school graduation party at their home last weekend for their only child, a daughter. Sweet, intelligent, sensitive soul. I’ve watched her grow up over the past several years. I’ve watched her parents, too. They’re in my …
WHEN I WAS A KID, everyone seemed to think the last book in the Bible—Revelation—was about Last Things. End Times. The Antichrist. Armageddon. Not so much anymore, at least among the crowd of Bible scholars. Steve Cooper hints at that in what has …
LET’S SAY I HAVE A FRIEND. This is a hypothetical, of course. Not that I have a friend, but the story that’s about to follow. Let’s say this person is a very good friend. Yeah, let’s call him that: VGF. He has this neighbor who has …
“WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO HELP YOU paint tomorrow?” I asked my daughter. Rebecca is grown and married. She and her husband got the keys to their first home last week. Half a dozen rooms needed painted. Three coats each. It takes a lot of paint to cover a …
I HAVE A PROBLEM. Not a big one. A little one. I thought I’d turn this little problem into a little fun. Just for you. One person will get a free book out of it. Here’s my problem. I’ve got too many events on my calendar for Saturday, my birthday. …
I GAVE MYSELF THE JOB of teaching a Bible study lesson on Psalms. A weird idea came to mind. Try reading some of the psalms to music. Different styles of music. After all, Psalms is a collection of 150 songs and poems—many of them intended to be sung …
THE ONLY TIME IN MY LIFE I played a round of golf is when I didn’t make it to the ninth hole. I ran out of balls before I ran out of holes. That was back in my college days, when Mom and I were both going to Kent State University—me for news …
