Frustrated with Facebook

Sometimes I take a break from Facebook for a while, then go back on and wonder, "Why have I been off for so long?" I enjoy the updates, pictures of kids and grandkids, and learning really useful stuff like, "The Best Cars for Under $100,000 That Can Hit 200mph." And then I read some posts …

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Back to Haiti

One of my questions when I get to Heaven, if I can get up the nerve to ask, is; “Why, when we were replacing a clutch under a Toyota Hilux, for needy missionaries, in the dirt, in Haitian humidity and heat, after ten hours of work, would You send a dog to mark his territory …

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I Can Only Imagine a Good Christian Movie

I saw Only Imagine yesterday for two reasons. Bart, the song’s author that the movie is about, is an old friend, and I had been up since 3:15am, done church and had a wonderful fish taco lunch, and figured the reclining theater seats would make for a fabulous nap. I was wrong on both accounts. …

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My 5 Favorite Epitaphs

Earlier this year I attended three memorials in eight days. Death has been on my mind - but in a good way. I’ve seen faith passed down from father to son to grandkids, and heard some amazing testimonies of lives well lived. It helped me remember an old truth. God determines the dates on your …

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What Would You Cut Out of Your Bible?

Bizarre Bible Stories sold, in part I think, because the books included some of the Bible stories we would like left out of the Bible. Did you know Thomas Jefferson made his own cut-and-paste Bible? Well, not exactly, but close. In 1819 Jefferson sat down with a bible, some glue, and a pair of scissors. …

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