Hope and I took the exit indicated by the GPS: “At the end of the road, turn left.” We stopped at the light and looked around. All the stores had writing in Chinese. We were in Chinatown in Chicago. The last time I visited was when I was in fourth grade. I don’t remember much […]

(This first appeared April 23, 2009.) We know little about Simon the Zealot. I mean, we can read about the Zealots as a political movement in first century CE Israel. We can read about their desire to throw Rome out, to take Israel back. But we know little about him other than that he is […]

Today is Hope’s birthday. She’s our youngest child. I suppose that it’s odd that on her birthday, you are going to read about her older sister. But I want you to know the kind of person that Hope is becoming, the wisdom and maturity this one-day-past teenager shows. And the best way to help you know […]

As part of my day job, I lead a weekly staff meeting. Nine of us who spend our time supporting the people who call themselves Grabill Missionary Church. We mostly have the title ‘pastor.’ At these meetings,  we talk about what’s happening in our lives, what’s happening in our areas of responsibility. We like and […]