Why a Son Needs a Mom (original introduction, 2004)
On my mantelpiece rests an aging photograph of my mother that was taken as she was about to graduate from high school, a few short years before she chose to alter her life and become a mother. She was beautiful then, with hair that fell upon her shoulders, big eyes that reassured, and a smile […]
Why a Daughter Needs a Mom (original introduction, 2004)
I enjoy a close relationship with my daughter, Meagan Katherine, albeit one that has changed remarkably as she has matured into a young teenager. Once my constant companion, my playful partner in crime, my most adoring audience, my child has become less enchanted with me as she has entered the initial phases of becoming a […]
Is Your God Able?
Daniel found himself in the company of a bunch of hungry lions. He had been thrown into their den, but he slept like a baby that night. King Darius stayed up all night, pacing back and forth in confusion and concern. At dawn, he rushed to the lions’ den, and shouted, “Daniel, servant of the […]
How Great the Debt
As a believer in Jesus Christ, you are cleared of all the guilt you could justly be charged with because of your sin; you are freed from the prison of eternal damnation. You are no longer a slave; you are set free from the bondage of the law (Why did we have the law in […]
To Echo and Remain, A Review
To Echo and Remain, by Greg Lang From Paige Havens, Hoschton: Gwinnettian Greg Lang is already known to be a New York Times bestselling author, but recently he crossed genres, releasing a contemporary romance novel – To Echo and Remain. This story left my heart full and my mind reflecting, as it reminds us that we all have back stories and […]
Why a Son Needs a Dad (original introduction, 2003)
I am the first-born child of a household that included five children before my dad was thirty years old. Ours was the house that never seemed to sleep, with constant activity swirling around it and within it, and one that seemed nearly to bust at the edges as the children who called it home continued […]
Into the Light
I lived much of my life believing that Christian faith was a private matter, something I kept to myself or spoke of only when in the comfortable company of like believers. I failed to recognize then that one of my principal responsibilities as a Christian was to live and act as a representative of God. […]
Heal Thy Self
The best way to postpone death by embarrassment is to be the first to laugh at yourself. Laughing at oneself is self-healing; it inoculates you for the suffering that follows when others are only seconds away from doubling over in knee-slapping, screaming howls about something you’ve done. We may not all share this philosophy, but […]
Dirty Laundry
I have dirty laundry. In some cases, badly soiled, stained, and ripped laundry. I am sixty-five years old and in that time I have made many mistakes, committed many sins, used others for my benefit, conducted myself carelessly and selfishly, and hurt or disappointed people along the way. The downside of being sixty-five years old […]
Today
Matthew 6:27 and 34 are rather weighty verses: “Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?” and “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” I think this encourages us to get right with God today, do not […]