My oldest foster son and I are waiting in the pediatric dentist’s office with other parents and children under the age of ten. In the waiting room is a big screen TV playing the Disney channel. The episode being aired is Halloween themed. It’s Disney, right? It’s innocent. Or…
We’ve all been hollowed and shaken with the gut-wrenching question, “Why me?” This certainly happened to Naaman, a well-known and deeply respected military marvel. His story is found in 2 Kings 5. Fame, wealth, and authority surround this man whose name in Hebrew — which is naem— means “be…
At this time Aramean raiders had invaded the land of Israel, and among their captives was a young girl who had been given to Naaman’s wife as a maid. — 2 Kings 5:2 She was just a whisper. He was a warrior. This servant didn’t have a real…
Last week, I wrote about a volunteer from the Red Cross who left me a voicemail. Her name is Bethany. Bethany’s message was prerecorded. You may have received it, too. In her upbeat message, she shared numerous perks available to anyone who came in to donate blood. I also…
Remember how jarring it was—how unnerving—to hear a robotic, automated voice in your home for the first time? I know you heard it at home because this modern marvel invention predates cell phones. “Oh, great,” some of us must have thought. “Now we have machines that talk like humans—sort…
When the time came, Jesus and the apostles sat down together at the table. — Luke 22:14 When the time had come for the Last Summer, all the stories leading up to the meal were in place. From tremendous amounts of fish being caught in an instant to the miraculous…
