trusting God

I recently had a discussion during which the age-old question arose: If God is so good, why do so many bad things happen? It’s a question that’s not easily answered and it can be approached from various angles. Personally, I wonder how many bad things don’t happen because God is so good. James 1:2 assures [...]

Determined Children

I learned a valuable lesson recently: Never underestimate the determination of children. It all happened on a rather ordinary day a few weeks ago. I decided to hop in the shower while my kids (ages 4 and 1 1/2) were playing nicely in the next room. When I stepped out of the shower, my 18 [...]

inspiring faith

It happened once at the post office and once in the parking lot of a local strip mall. This time it happened in the candy aisle of the drugstore at 11 pm. I’m talking about seeing the same casual acquaintance in the most random places around town. Despite not knowing each other well, my overseas [...]

Unusal Wisdom

Ants. Rock badgers. Locusts. Lizards. They don’t exactly conjure up images of “unusual wisdom.” Unusual? Yes. But wisdom? No. But Agur thinks so. Who’s Agur? Well, he’s a published author in a bestseller…so he can’t be totally crazy. OK, he’s the writer of Proverbs 30 and his ants, rock badgers, locusts and lizards make their [...]