I am a believer in secondhand cars and houses. Let someone else take the depreciation on the car and let someone else plant the grass and the shrubbery. I am even wearing a secondhand shirt. I have even performed marriages for couples who are getting...
After going the same direction on our evening walk for about a hundred times, this evening I decided to go the opposite way. My dog was very confused. The resistance began at the end of the driveway and continued for almost the entire mile. Every...
According to Leviticus 16 before the high priest could officiate on the Day of Atonement he had to change into the simple white linen garment of a common priest. The symbolism was prophetic regarding the nature of Jesus’ coming to earth. Jesus came, not as...
There was a time before our time before the time of earth itself when all was well in God’s universe. Yet He knew it would not always be so. He knew how it would be spoiled and who would spoil it. God could have used...
Yesterday we talked about catchy advertising and our Christian need to pay attention to something we could use to promote our Jesus. We talked about Toyota’s “Let’s Go Places.” Almost immediately I got an email from a friend that reminded me of Hellman’s Mayonnaise’s “Bring...
Huge corporations like car companies spend enormous amounts of money advertising. Those commercials are the product of vast market research and are tested on groups of people before being broadcasted over television networks. We, as Christians, spend large sums of money on evangelism. We want...
The glow of the computer screen is the only light in my room this evening. I am trying to write but a huge house fly is attracted to the light of the screen and I just can’t concentrate. Every time I think I am ready...
This afternoon we visited with Patty, a friend we had not seen for 35 years. When Patty graduated from the eighth grade her mother was ill and could not attend; my wife became a stand-in mom. My wife wore Patty’s mother’s white dress and stood...
According to Ephesians 2 each of us has a specific task to do for God. For most of us it is a mystery deeply woven into God’s grand scheme for His entire universe and His specific plan for our being here. It is difficult for...
The latest issue of Popular Science has an article about the continuing drought in California. It contains quotes from climatologists predicting a gruesome future for the Golden State. According to the authorities quoted, the drought will possibly last for many years to come. This morning...