I’m a Type-A personality. I like goals. I like predictions. I like plans. If we’re headed somewhere in the car, I take my I-Phone along so I can look up our route and see the traffic conditions, find out the predicted time it will take to get from point A to point B, and adjust…

As Halloween approaches, I was asked to contribute to another “Patheos challenge” and, in 100-words or less, answer the question, “Are Demons Real?” My answer is as follows:  In our “enlightened” society, demons are the stuff of Halloween costumes and horror movies. But any glimpse at a newspaper leads me to concur that evil exists.…

A number of articles caught my attention this week that might be of interest to those who read this blog: First, there’s Joni Eareckson Tada’s interview with Time.com: “Why Does God Allow Suffering?” Joni is a quadriplegic with chronic pain and a recent diagnosis of breast cancer. She is also an evangelical Christian and a…

We are a talkative family. Peter and I find ourselves narrating our lives with statements most people find superfluous: “I am going to get the mail,” or, “I’ll be right back. I’m going to get a glass of water,” and so forth. Our kids have taken on the same pattern. “Look, Mom, it is a…

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