I heard an advertisement on TV earlier this afternoon while I was trying to nap. LOST is celebrating it’s 100th episode. I’ve not watched but 2 episodes this season, but I’m ashamed to say that I’ve seen every other episode…some of them twice. And that’s almost 100 hours (!) of my life that I won’t [...]

Today was a very stressful day. What would have already been a challenging day was made doubly bad when I was unable to convince a friend of my good intentions. As I pondered the day’s events this evening, a thought came to mind. I think that God is preparing me for something that I am [...]

My children were playing with a toy dumptruck yesterday. My daughter put a toy man in the bed of the dumptruck and a toy woman in the cab. Then she said, “The mommy doesn’t want the daddy anymore so she’s going to dump him in the river where he’ll sink.”

There are many references in the Bible to individuals having certain truths hidden from them. Jesus’ disciples seem to have been particularly dense in that Jesus’ teachings about himself – clear as a bell in scripture – were muddy waters to them. I have myself experienced times when my mind was closed to certain scriptures. [...]