Walking down the beach yesterday, enjoying a delightful time to myself in the sunshine along the edge of the waves, I encountered an...

Our dinners at the beach are far from utilitarian. They have more of a South American spirit to them in that they begin with hors...

We are at the beach and it, of course, is all we want it to be. The expansive ocean outside our window, which makes our small children...

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness will spread over Egypt—darkness that can be felt.” ...

For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish...

Yesterday we walked through, for a second time, yet another potential place for us to live in this era of our wanderings. It’s a house...

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much...

The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Gen. 2:18 My children love to dance,...

Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless...

OK, so this will be a rare Scripture-less post to give a shout out to hymns, which so eloquently express the story of Scripture: One of...

I was an early Saturday monring cartoon watcher as a child. It was before there were channels devoted to children’s programming 24/7. I...

I am headed to Nashville today for a week with the PCA’s General Assembly where I may run into some old friends, hear some of my favorite...

“I have sometimes wondered, friend,” said Aslan (to Reepicheep) “whether you do not think too much about your hounour.” “I was wishing...

I’ve had two days in a row where I heard my own sharp, cutting comments made about other people and other situations which were never...

When I pray, other than the all too brief moments of thankfulness or praise or occasional repentance, I mostly pray for something to...

Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises. Ps. 47:6 Kind of like a tough guy not looking as intimidating...

The small group movement “is succeeding less because it is bucking the system than because it is going with the flow. It does not offer a...

Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. Gal. 6:2 I have had several dear friends follow up with...

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry out...

“The Gospel plus nothing”: It means that the person and work of Jesus are responsible for my creation, redemption and ultimate future...