Tuesday morning, David Booth led our men’s Bible study. We centered on Luke 5:1-11, where Jesus calls His first disciples. The fellowship around our table was fantastic, as always, and David began his lesson by recalling numerous childhood fishing trips…

“I was only saying thank you.” She’s only 19, but she’s setting quite an example for all of us. Perhaps your first memory of Coco Gauff is that of an eight-year-old girl smiling and dancing in the stands to Carly Rae…

What’s up with Hurricane Lee? This could be a nightmare! Meteorologists are expecting Lee, still a Category 2 as of this blog posting, to become a Category 5 before making landfall. Like many other aspects of weather prediction, landfall on…

I’m on a train from Whittier to Denali today, so I can’t write much. I think what I’ll do is send you six of my favorite photographs (thus far) from our vacation, as I use the the name of this…

Eileen, Josh, and I are in Vancouver, where we’re preparing to board a cruise ship bound for Alaska. (This is Josh’s college graduation gift much delayed, and we’re traveling with his best friend from high school, as well as his…

After last week’s blog posting, my friend Jon Gallagher sent me some excellent and convicting food for thought: “I agree that it seems like society is moving away from Jesus, but … Jesus had a way of meeting people where they…

Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, more often referred to simply as “Tiberius Caesar,” was the emperor of Rome. Nobody questions that. Wikipedia will tell you all about him, should you so desire. Tiberius Caesar was a highly successful Roman general and diplomat. Furthermore,…

You may remember the news reports from Texas in June 2019 when River Smith, the 3-year-old son of Granger and Amber Smith, drowned in their backyard swimming pool. Granger is a platinum-selling singer and songwriter, who lived here in Nashville for…

Long before it opened in theaters, Eileen and I were invited to preview the film, Sound of Freedom. We found the story riveting and inspiring, though the subject matter is overwhelmingly difficult to process emotionally. We have, for several years now, been…

Is there a way to stand strong in such a frightening world? For starters today, I’d like to quote the great theologian, Christopher Robin. You won’t find this in The House at Pooh Corner, but it’s from a 1997 Disney video titled Pooh’s…