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Field of Dreams

beliefMay 25, 2019109Views 0Likes 0Comments

I went to a baseball game this week. For those who know me, you realize this was right up there with catching a falling star and discovering the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. My dad took me to an Atlanta Braves game when I was a kid. We hoped to see Hank…

A View of the Ocean

belief, Blog, UncategorizedSeptember 1, 2018122Views 0Likes 0Comments

The old man answered the apartment door in his wheelchair. It had been a development from his fight with what appeared to be Parkinson's. I could tell his limited mobility, now in his late 80s, was a continual source of frustration for him. His wife, a woman several years younger, was there too. “I’ll let him show…

A White Privileged Christmas

belief, Christmas, Social issuesDecember 28, 2017120Views 0Likes 0Comments

I’m getting a little concerned for Santa. Truth is, he’s an old timer. Can you say, "OK, Boomer"? His deeds, though well-intentioned, are from another age entirely. And I’m afraid someone will probably take him down pretty soon. A hitman? Most likely not, though I’m not ruling anything out. More likely, it will be a lawyer. Or a soccer…

5 Undeniable, Surprising Ways Christianity Improves Your Life

beliefFebruary 12, 2016190Views 0Likes 0Comments

Feeling a little meaningless right now and want to get in touch with your “spiritual side”? Tried Buddhism, meditation, and everything short of hiking to Tibet? Well, the best answer may be a lot closer than you ever dreamed, within quite familiar wrapping paper… It's Christianity. And it works better than any of the…

Giving Up on Being Good

beliefJanuary 11, 2016116Views 0Likes 0Comments

Ever try to blow up a raft? Unless you’ve got one of those electric “blow dryer thingies”, you are in for a world of hurt. I remember sitting in the sand, ready to pass out while my preschool daughter jumped up and down, yelling “Daddy, hurry up!” Not what I consider family fun. But then again,…

How I Know He Lives

beliefJanuary 10, 2016219Views 0Likes 7Comments

Growing up in a southern Baptist church, every Easter there were two hymns you had to sing…or you probably weren’t really Baptist. One was “Low in the Grave He Lay”. Most people don’t remember it by that title, but by the bouncy chorus that interrupts the sad, mournful verse. After lamenting the crucified Jesus,…