A few weeks ago, my community held a great men’s retreat. During one of the times of prayer, our retreat master read us the parable of the sower and the seed. For those who haven’t read it recently, it goes…
Willy Wonka and the Problem of Evil.
Why does evil exist? This is a big question, especially if I believe God is all-good and all-powerful. If that’s true, then why does He allow evil to exist? If evil exists, isn’t God to blame? Didn’t He create it…
The Escape Room of Christian Life
The Food Bank recently held ‘Go Day,’ which is our annual fiscal year kickoff/team building day. A group of us took the opportunity to try an escape room.  I’d never done one before. Ten of us chose to do the…
The Problem of a Bigger Cup
At dinnertime, my 3-year-old son came to me with a complaint. His cup was dirty and he wanted a new one. Our dishwashing machine seems to leave a little more grime than it should of late. I wandered to the…
Hope like a Butternut Squash
This summer, Mary spent a good bit of time gardening. I had to move a lot of dirt when I built the addition, s0 I created three new raised bed gardens marked out by concrete blocks behind the house. They…
At the corner of Meribah and Massah.
While I was at Thursday night’s Chamber of Commerce dinner, I got a call from my wife. I didn’t answer immediately because I was talking to someone else, and I consider taking phone calls in the middle of a conversation…