In April of this year, when Eileen and I were vacationing on St. Maarten, we were enjoying a swimming pool with a vanishing edge. On the horizon, we saw a rugged and mountainous and lovely land mass. Here’s the weird…

You are unique. There’s no other you. Your fingerprint is just one small example. The likelihood of two people sharing identical fingerprints is estimated to be less than one in 64 billion. Said differently, it doesn’t happen. Statistically, in fact,…

This morning I’m reading about disagreements between the Harris and Trump campaigns regarding the televised debate scheduled for September 10. The primary issue appears to be live mics or no live mics, and – like so many other things this…

“I can see the writing on the wall.” When people use some version of this expression, more often than not, they use it to communicate that something has become apparent or obvious. As in, “We can already see where this…

In his dystopian novel titled “1984,” George Orwell wrote: “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” Within just the last few days, I’ve seen lots of people…

Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821 – 1881), the famous Russian novelist, made an interesting observation: “Beauty will save the world.” Technically speaking, those words were a line spoken by the character Prince Myshkin, as quoted by two other characters in Dostoevsky’s 1869…

“How then can we live?” This is the question asked of God by His covenant people as recorded in Ezekiel 33:10. In a book full of somber warning and judgment, through Ezekiel the prophet and priest, God repeats His people’s…

In his 1871 novel, “Through the Looking-Glass” – the sequel to “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” – Lewis Carroll included a nonsense poem titled “Jabberwocky.” I’m being honest with you, friends, when I tell you that some days – particularly days…

According to research by the “Los Angeles Times,” Americans are not as happy as we used to be. We’re no longer on the list of the twenty happiest nations on earth, and we’ve fallen below – for example – Kuwait…

I believe that God has hardwired the human heart to desire and seek identity and purpose. From one ought to flow the other. Once I discover who I am – who I really am – I can embrace the reason…