There's a melancholy feeling I get whenever I look at an abandoned house. To some people, it's just an eyesore. I see the former home of a million...
Wings Like Eagles
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Sabbath Thoughts
These posts are the heart and soul of the blog—food for though on God’s Sabbath day.
The Only Thing We Have to Fear
The year was 1933. In the United States of America, the Great Depression had reached its peak. What remained of the fragile economy was fading...
A Loud World and a Quiet Voice
The world is so loud. Everything screams for my attention at a pitch calculated to drown out any competitors. Flashy graphics, vivid colors, and...
No Brown M&Ms
The world of rock and roll confuses me. Let's just go ahead and get that out of the way right now. The more I read about it, the less I feel like I...
The Goal is Godliness
Sometimes the handiwork of God is hidden in the subtlest of details, visible to us only after years of reflection. Other times, He paints with...
Turkey Day Flew Away
Well. Thanksgiving came and went like it usually does—sandwiched between announcements for doorbusters and slashed prices, marched away at the brisk...
Following the Recipe
I remember a night several years ago when a friend decided he wanted to make some cookies. Now, there are a lot of accepted variations when it comes...
The Value of a Believer
Sometimes God's word looks like a great big list of don'ts—after all, eight of the Ten Commandments begin with "Thou shalt not." And how are we...
Fashioned With Hands
Built any gods lately? I'll admit it's an unusual question. "Built any gods?" This is the 21st century, after all. We have airplanes and spaceships...
Apple Pies and Holy Nations: The Upward Calling
In order to prove that God was no longer required by humankind, a coalition of prominent scientists joined forces with the goal of discovering some...
“And Remember, Kids…”
My nieces and nephews have been watching an animated cartoon series called Veggie Tales. Maybe you've heard of it. It's a series that answers one of...
The Counterfeit God
It's hard to say with certainty when exactly counterfeiting became a problem for the human race, but a safe bet is just a couple seconds after Adam...
Lessons From Peter
Peter tends to get a bad rap when it comes time to talk about the disciples. He spends the majority of the gospel accounts sticking his foot in his...
The Real World
So the fall Holy Days are over again. There's never any way around it—the Feast of Tabernacles that we wait for with such eager anticipation ends so...
Submitting When It Doesn’t Make Sense
God doesn't always make sense. At least, not to us. From where we stand, His decisions and the things He allows in our lives are often confusing,...
For Pépère
When we open the pages of a history book, we expect to find the names and stories of great men and women—names that left their mark on the world,...
The Last Trumpet
"I can tell you exactly when Christ will return." My ears perked up at hearing this, because that is their default response whenever I hear someone...
Reflections From a Six-Year-Old
Six years. Has it really been that long? Sometimes it seems impossible for that much time to have passed; other times it seems like a story from...