This was originally posted on May 4, 2018. In light of the latest pandemic outbreak, Paul thought this was appropriate. Our Apple modem went orange. Again. (Its little light is green when everything’s working right.) That happens every month or two. Something inside its little brain is not happy, and it tells us so. If […]

Paul taught Timothy, a younger Christian, how to live life and how to be in community with others. He dropped this little gem about the followers of Christ: “…the household of God … the church of the living God, which is the pillar and foundation of the truth” (source). So even though God could speak […]

When I was a kid, I sang hymns in church. For those of you who may haven’t been in a hymn-singing church, or are young enough that you don’t know what “hymns” are, let me explain… Hymns are songs that were (and sometimes still are) sung in church. They differ from worship music that started […]

A new season. A fresh start. I (Paul) started a new job earlier this month. It seems like a really good fit. I love the team. Encouragement feels like it’s a natural part of the way things are accomplished. Autumn started just eight days ago. The early morning air is getting just a little nippy […]

I’ve been camping out in the Psalms. David, the writer of many of the Psalms, is one of my favorite people. He was massively flawed… He essentially murdered the husband (Uriah) of a woman he wanted so he wouldn’t get in the way of that relationship. (See that story in 2 Samuel 11.) His desire […]