What a difference a year makes

We woke early today to go eat Thanksgiving breakfast with the Cook family. That itself was wonderful, but in the grand perspective of things, it’s rather surreal. Darrell and Laura have been great friends for a long time – since…

The “withs” of approaching God

How do you come before the Lord? And, with what do you come before Him? Psalm 100 is one of those magnificent and attention-altering passages of Scripture that beckon the reader out of temporal living. Shout for joy to the…

Review: The Heavenly Man

The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun by Brother Yun Even before I was able to read this dynamic account of Brother Yun’s life as a Chinese pastor and underground church leader, my book was…

The Danger of Marginalization

As a follower of Christ, I sense it all the time in conversations with others who a) are not a follower of Christ or b) are only a nominal Christian. It gets easier to detect the more contact you have…

Halloween fun

Yes, Virginia, there is a Halloween. Not that we thought it was an exclusively Arkansas entertainment event… We spent a relaxing, overcast day with college football, a neighborhood parade and activities for kids in costume and of course, trick or…