Do You Use Ad Hominem Arguments? Unless you recently landed on earth from Mars, you know we’re at the height (depth?) of a presidential election season. The United States is a divided nation and the situation will not improve in the next five weeks. Half of the...
Glory, Love, Black Holes, and the Center of the Universe Black holes are back in the news. Scientists have discovered a new way to find black holes in our outer solar system. According to Wikipedia, black holes form when stars collapse at the end of their life...
Looking Good . . . Not! What do window blinds and a cell phone have in common? I learned the answer to that question the other day when God used experiences with both to catch my attention. The first situation involved my cell phone. I charged it on Wednesday....
How We Remember the Past Shapes Our Future Remembering has been getting more difficult these days. I’m not talking about remembering where I put my car keys (on the seat of my car) or where I placed my eyeglasses (on top of my head). Rather, I’m talking about...
Is work a curse or a blessing? It’s all Adam and Eve’s fault. If they hadn’t sinned in the Garden, we wouldn’t be in this mess. I confess, this was my perspective for many years. And I’m not alone. A common perspective on work is that it’s punishment....
No-Comfort Zones God and I have been having an ongoing conversation. Then again, it hasn’t been so much of a conversation as a monologue on my part. An ongoing monologue centering on my affection for comfort zones. I like being comfortable. Working with the familiar....
Expect the Unknown David Perkins, a retired U.S. four-star general, once said, “We should expect the unknown . . .” We’ve heard versions of that quote before: Expect the unexpected. Be prepared for the unknown. But is this really possible? If we expect the unexpected,...
Cancel Culture - the Good and the Bad I don’t like what you said, so you should be fired from your job, run out town, and shamed into isolation. Cancel culture has moved us far from reasonable discussions about differing opinions. If someone doesn’t like what...
Shifting to an Eternal Perspective When I was a child, I often heard older people speak of heaven with a sense of familiarity. I marveled that they could talk of a place they had never seen, yet speak with such joy and intimacy. I came to realize their growing desire...
Apparent Contradictions Have you noticed how often God appears to be a God of apparent contradictions? Think about it . . . He is Yahweh, the God of the universe who is the self-sufficient “I AM” (Genesis 3:14). Yet He revealed this name to Moses for the...
To Work or Not to Work? The Labor Day holiday weekend is coming. Ironically, it’s a holiday we celebrate by...
“What If” or “Even If”? Why is it easier to focus on the negative? On every fear-inducing “what if”? Yes, the...
Who Is El Elyon and Why Should We Care? The more I read and listen to news reports of current events, the more...