An Open Letter to My Latin-Curious Daughter Dear Julia, Let me start out this letter by telling you that I love you very much. I could never love you more than I do and there’s nothing you could do that cause me to love you less. Sure, there were moments […]
Spiritual Paranoia
Spiritual Paranoia Sometimes I’ll make reference to the term spiritual paranoia as something I occasionally experience. But what do I mean by it? By spiritual paranoia, I’m referring to a vague and lingering distrust of the institutional church. Of course, you won’t it on any list of psychological disorders. I’ve […]
Lessons in Community
Lessons in Community The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and […]
A Complete Resurrection
A Complete Resurrection While our family are big animal lovers, we particularly like cats. We’re not against dogs. We just happen to prefer cats. We have a self-imposed limit of no more than three cats in our house. Part if this is basic home economics. It also hedges us against […]
God of the Watch
God of the Watch Three years ago, while the world reeled from the world-wide COVID virus epidemic, my wife and I learned that she had breast cancer. We later found that the cancer had spread–first to her lymph nodes and then to her reproductive system. The following months would involve […]
Crossing the Event Horizon
Crossing the Event Horizon “No individual is an absolute terminal of the love of Jesus. He reaches through us toward others. Indeed he is not satisfied with us until he has made us eager to reach out and help others as he himself is to reach them.” Frank Laubach, You […]