For many many years people have had guns. They have used them for protection from wild animals, wild people, and to acquire food. Why in recent years has there been an upsurge in gun related murders? Are guns the problem? In the 1960′s we removed the Bible and prayer from our public schools. We have [...]

So, what delights you these days? Your favorite TV program? Your favorite person/people? Your favorite author? Shopping? Cars? Getting your license? Building? Creating? Selling? Graduating? Going to college? All of those things can be great things to delight in! God says, “Delight thyself also in the LORD and He shall give thee the desires of [...]

Notes From A Teachers’ Workshop I Did For Our Children’s Teachers Why Use Visuals? There are three basic learning styles:  Some learn primarily by hearing something taught.  Some learn better by seeing something.  Others learn best by doing something.  Whatever our basic teaching style, to be an excellent teacher who really teaches, we must work [...]

When the airplane turns in the sky, not only does it feel strange to the body, but the horizon is weirdly slanted.  It makes me smile. We fly over a lot of tiny islands.   There is a short rainbow in the sky.  I look away.  Almost immediately my gaze returns to the rainbow and it [...]

  ‘Thought maybe some would enjoy this.  It’s from my trip to help Elisabeth last fall. Dear Steve, I’m sitting in the Cayman airport waiting area remembering things you did for me in the last few hours.  Thank you for making certain I have a window seat!  You are a thoughtful lover.  It also meant [...]

In Genesis 20 when Abimalech returned Sarah to Abraham her “brother/husband” he told her that he had done what he could to make his error right, and that from here on Abraham was to be a covering of the eyes to Sarah.   Could it be that not only did Sarah obediently tell people that [...]

I’ve often heard it pointed out that Jesus Christ was a grandson of Ruth the Moabitess.  The point to follow is that the Moabites worshipped gods other than Yahweh (Jehovah.)   What never sank in before is that this means that Jesus was a grandson of Lot and his elder daughter by incest (with the [...]

It’s another normal morning–reading God’s message before other things in my day.  My online Hebrew English Interlinear with KJV readings lures me to understand more. The year is new and I’m in Genesis chapter 17, first verse, nearing the end, I stop. Whoa!!! For the first time in 49 years I see it: Abram is [...]

  Have you ever had the shocking experience of seeing yourself through the eyes of someone you have offended? We often have no idea what others think of us. We may know what we’ve done, but we also know why we did it. All the other person knows is that it hurts. We may realize [...]

Why not? I mean, every cool person says it, right? OMG is common texting language! Exodus 20:7 tells us, ” Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.” I do realize that some people take God’s [...]