On Sunday, I had the opportunity to preach at our church (link to mp3). The story I was talking about is found in Matthew 17:14-18, Mark 9:14-27 and Luke 9:37-43. It is possible to look at the stories and say, “why are they different?” It’s also possible to tell the story by pulling all the pieces […]

On Friday, Nancy and I went to Metea Park to walk. We went to the bottom of the sledding hill and started on the trail. 75 minutes later, we ended the trail, 15 yards from where we started. If the point of the walk was getting to a destination, we were horribly slow. 15 yards […]

Monday evening, Matt talked with us about his trip to Ethiopia. A couple years ago, he and Amy adopted two children from there. Now he goes back to help the orphanages. I found him on Google maps. Tuesday afternoon, Hope left for the Czech Republic. She’ll be helping teach conversational English for a couple weeks, […]

“If you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.” The dad was talking to Jesus.  His son was demon-possessed. He couldn’t talk. At random moments he threw himself into the campfire or into the pond or onto the ground. The dad was watching his son taken violently to the edge of death […]

For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the Lord and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel. Ezra 7:10 I’m so grateful that you humor me some days. I’ve been meaning to print out that sentence about Ezra for a few days. I want to memorize it. But I keep forgetting to look […]