The gales of wind howled through the trees outside the old cabin. Smoke rose from the chimney as the old man ate his humble soup safely inside. His weathered hands were still steady, having stacked the wood by the cabin walls that would surely last the winter’s full duration. It’s a good thing he had.…
There’s a certain odd hush that comes upon a town at Christmas Eve.
It’s not that people aren’t still working — those days when everyone got off work for Christmas are gone. But a calm still descends as families gather, and the majority of stores shut off their lights and workers head home.
That’s…
One of the funniest critiques I hear lobbed against Christians is that we "believe in fairy tales".
"You Christians think your daddy in the sky created humans - how quaint and childish!"
"Ok then," I respond, "where do you think we came from?"
"Well, of course space aliens from another planet colonized earth. What other logical…
I recently got a Facebook message from a well-meaning Christian friend:
"God has seen everything you've been going through, and He told me to tell you 'IT'S OVER'! Your trial has ended, and now God's about to open up the windows of heaven to bless you beyond your wildest dreams!!!!!"
(Full disclosure: I may have…
My 26th wedding anniversary is today (Nov 19, 2014), and I can still remember how awkwardly the proposal played out.
I was a youth pastor with a group of 80 teenagers on a mission trip to New Orleans. My intended fiancé grew up in the suburbs there, so I thought it would be perfect to propose…
We’ve parented 5 kids so far…and counting. So we’re well aware of all the negative influences a child faces in today’s culture. There are temptations and hazards now most of us never dreamed of just 10 years ago. Considering all the technology available to them, the number of ways for kids to damage themselves spiritually…