When my youngest son was six years old, he announced that he wanted a dog for Christmas – and a ‘real’ one!  Previously when he had asked for a dog, he always got a stuffed dog toy, or other animal. …

I recently heard a pastor of a large church in California say that he preferred Isaiah over David concerning the trust/fear issue.  In his prophecy, Isaiah said (12.2), ‘I will trust, and will not be afraid’.  In Psalm 56.3, when…

Back in the 1980’s, Sandi Patty and Larnelle Harris sang a duet unparalleled to any other, in my mind, anyway – “I’ve Just Seen Jesus”.  It moved me like no other piece of Christian music ever had at that time. …

One September many years ago, my boys and I were running a little late to get to our Christian School on time.  After going to the car, it came to me that I had forgotten a book that I would…

Generally, every February I dedicate this space to having something to do with ‘love’.  Here in New England, February can also be the ‘flu and storm month’, but given that Valentine’s Day greets us with a note of positivity (for…