It’s interesting to read the Biblical accounts of some of the people God called to do things and to see how there was no hesitation in them to just do whatever it was God called them to do. For example, there’s Noah. God employed Noah in the huge task of building an ark strong enough...
As with many people, here at the beginning of the new year, I have decided to take much better care of my health. My schedule last year seriously disrupted my workout routine, so I’m determined not to let that happen this year. I’ve started out slowly by walking each day on our...
Anyone who has ever had children knows that children can be disobedient. In fact, disobedience seems to be part of the criteria for being a child. Think about it: no one has ever had to teach a child to do the wrong thing. Pundits who believe children are born as a blank slate and...
Living in Southern California, we are usually blessed with amazing weather year-round. In fact, it is not atypical to see children riding their new bicycles on Christmas day in 80-degree temperatures. Well, although Christmas was pretty warm this year, our year-end conditions are...
Some years back, I had a Facebook debate with an atheist about the reality of the Biblical concepts I hold dear. Of course, he would not accept any proof I used from the Bible because he began with the premise that the Bible did not contain truth. When confronted with the fact...
At the end of every year, I sit and take inventory of my life. Did last year turn out as I expected? How have I changed, grown, and progressed? Is anything significantly different because I touched it? Did my life make a meaningful difference in anyone else’s? Did anything or anyone...
On October 4, 2014, I had the unparalleled privilege to witness the birth of my first grandson, Dallas Andrew. He was born in a large, beautiful, and well-equipped labor-delivery-recovery (LDR) room in the lovely, new wing of a New Orleans hospital that was not far from his parents’...
