Running the Right Race

Running the Right Race

“Am I running the right race? What race am I running?” This question had a habit of popping up during quiet moments for me this summer. Sometimes, I’d be leaving work and sitting in heavy traffic staring at a red light, when it’d just pop up. Other times I’d be...
We Need an Anchor

We Need an Anchor

At the end of last summer, my wife Nancy and I were in the Orlando, FL area caring for our son. Because of his recent back surgery, we flew down to stay with him so his wife could return to work immediately. We planned to remain there for two weeks, but on the weekend...
Traces of the Divine

Traces of the Divine

One evening Gary and I took a walk around the college campus near our home. As we ventured out around the athletic fields, Gary suddenly stopped and gestured and said, “Look! There are deer out in the field.” My eyes followed his pointing finger and sure enough, way...
Where Do We Go From Here?

Where Do We Go From Here?

We’re at a place in our culture that no one ever thought we would see. Mass shootings, disintegrated families, rampant dishonesty and selfishness, cruelty, and the outright rejection of God, whose moral law cramps the style of the “liberated.” How did we get to where...
Kathy Run

Kathy Run

Kristi’s sister Penny stepped out her front door and yelled, “Dinner’s ready!” Kristi’s two brothers Jimmy and Steve came out of the Quonset shed where they had been helping their dad, Big Jim, repair the farm tractor. As Kristi and I jumped off the swings to race...