Earlier today, Friday, October 18, I overheard a radio talk show host describing an actor on a sitcom now airing its second season. Of the actor, the nationally syndicated host said, “He’s so GD funny.” GD. Did the popular, highly paid professional mean Groundhog’s Day, as in the actor...

  Years ago, the shoe company Nike came out with a successful, longstanding ad campaign with these three words: just do it. The gain of doing it—the physical training or pushing your body to be the best it can be—is self-directed. The self is important, oh yes. Do enjoy your...

  We have all one, two or all three of the following. Health issues. Relationship stress. Financial woes. We just cannot see a way forward. In being stuck, which is not always a bad thing because a learning moment is upon us, we run to Jesus. Our prayers to Him...

When faith is like fireworks Two very different people. The first runs to Jesus with urgency. “Save my daughter!” The second never runs or meets Jesus’ face. No words are shared. Instead, she comes in from behind with an outstretched arm. Suffering physically and emotionally, she is just able to...

  No wiggle room. No different way of interpretation. Psalm 22:6 is clear. “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it (NIV).” Church congregations get the tremendous importance of VBS (Vacation Bible School). No one anywhere near...

  Images of God’s wrath in scripture are sobering for most of us. For example, when artists depict such gruesome scenes as drowning animals in the story of Noah’s Ark, we wonder why those animals who never did anything wrong had to die. With heavy hearts, we even ask, why...

He could peel back his heavy framed glasses and reveal the clearest, most intentional eyes. Eyes that held you. Eyes that cared for you. In a gesture he must have done 200 times a day, you could see this Clark Kent become Superman right in front of you. When he...

Whose light is it?  “This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine.” Sunday school students of all ages quickly and easily identify this first line in this timeless classic. It’s clear from the lyrics that the little light is ours. It’s also clear that Christians should let...

  The building was not much larger than the modest Cape Cod style homes around it. The other homes along the block were clad in siding. This was brick. Two other differences between this house and the others were as notable. A modest steeple reached a few feet from the...

  Soft rain falls for hours. The gentlest showers touch down now and then. Cool morning temperatures linger. Clouds and peaks of sun appear. Midday warmth is common. That’s right. It’s the season where lawns grow best. Hello mid-May in Susquehanna County. During this season (and beyond), an obvious surge...