HOLLOW FACES I love the Irish people who populate the land of my ancestors. They were a friendly lot and always willing to take the time to help a stranger (me) find his way. I pulled into a gas station in County Clare and asked a young man at a pump how to get to a […]
BACK HOME FROM IRELAND Ireland is a marvelous country with wonderful people. I thoroughly enjoyed walking in the land of my ancestors. However, and it’s a big however, God does not play a major part in the lives of most Irish people; oftentimes, He does not even play a minor part. But there are exceptions. […]
ABOUT PRAYER “God always answers prayer,” said a fellow Gideon to me last week. I don’t doubt He does, but I wanted to test my friend. “How about the guy I visit in a nursing home who is in constant agony from muscular dystrophy? Many people are praying for him, but he only gets worse.” […]
GOD IS LOVE My five-year-old granddaughter and her parents left yesterday after a long weekend visit. Little Alice is a delight and proves to me that God is love. When they arrived, she bounded out of the car and threw our front door open. First she ran to Nana and gave her a big hug. […]
RELATIONSHIPS God is all about relationships. Though I can’t get my mind around the relationship of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, yet it is there. We are made in the image and likeness of God, so we too are all about relationships – first a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, then with family, friends, […]
THE LORD’S PRAYER You can tell a Christian not by what he/she says but by what he/she does. I can pray the Lord’s Prayer ten times a day, but if I’m not praising God, advancing His kingdom, doing His will, providing bread for those who don’t have any, forgiving others, and avoiding temptation – I […]
PARTNERING UP My friend Jerry lives in Michigan and we talk weekly by phone. We were brought together by a book I wrote called Too Late in the Afternoon. Jerry had a spiritual awakening in 2010 and is no longer the same Christian he was before that. Among other traits brought about by the experience, […]
GOD PROVIDES One of God’s names is Jehovah Jireh, the Lord who provides. Less than three hours after my last post about my business email problems, He lived up to His name. If you’ll remember, I was frustrated with all the empty promises and lack of action from the company that hosts my business account. […]
MY STRUGGLES. HIS TAKING OVER I’ve been struggling for twelve days with my business email, unable to reply to my clients or send an email to them. The company that hosts my account has been woefully unresponsive and inadequate to solve the problem. I’ve phoned them five times and sent documentation to their online help […]
PRAYING FOR LIFE AND DEATH There are a number of people I pray for whose lives are hanging somewhere in the balance between life and death; a few are tipping precariously toward the death side. Then there’s Uncle Marvin. He’s not my real uncle but became the model for a fictional uncle in a mystery […]