Death Comes Quickly

By now, no doubt, we are all weary of the seeming avalanche of celebrity reports in the news related to the high profile deaths in Hollywood as of late – Jackson, Fawcett, McMahon, Malden, Mays, Travalena, Storm… These deaths bring to mind the quick passing time scroll that we call life.  In some ways we [...]

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The Soothing Soul of Music

Music is a gift from God that soothes our weary souls. Naturally, an aesthetic switch flips on in our minds whenever certain musical packages are unpacked. Ever since Jubal’s first chords on the lyre and pipe (Gen. 4:21), music has always had an ethereal substratum floating in between each time signature creating a vibe and [...]

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Living Created Canvas

All around the skyline His paintbrush colors in hues. Bright blue and golden clouds are alive, drifting in paced succession.  At each turn we see atmospheric sculptures floating like parade balloons overhead as beneath our feet the ground bristles with active paintings and plays.  Scurrying insects amazingly designed for specific purposes crawl over and under [...]

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It’s a Little Life

Right after Katrina I met Brad Knull, an Ohioan with a big heart.  Little known to me, he is also a wonderful videographer and even more unknown to me, he writes songs. This song “Little Life”  is simple and moving.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Another version [...]

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Techno-Evangel

I’ve done quite a lot of traveling over the past few weeks – over 2,500 miles of driving through nine states followed by a week in the Texas sun learning new building and construction techniques.  On the way to San Antonio, we flew through Houston and as always, I had that awkward experience [...]

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A Reflection on Amazement

Our God is amazing. From the smallest quantum particle to the largest earth mammal, nothing escapes His grip. Every divine attribute cascades over all creation like a perfect fountain, blanketing each movement and course. In God’s tremendous mercy and infinite wisdom, He has revealed Himself to us through the Scriptures even though we should feel [...]

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God’s Word is True

From Eden, the strategy of the Enemy has been to discredit what God has said.  At our current point in history we see no relenting of that course as skeptics and textual critics dissect and mutilate what is simple.  The declaration that the Bible is not knowable and irreversibly altered screams through best-seller books and [...]

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Hope Has Risen

Normally when a family member discovers an empty tomb there is distress, sadness and a mad dash to call the authorities. But when we, the members of God’s redeemed family, see our Savior’s empty grave, we rejoice, for why would we seek the living among the dead?
Apart from the attraction of chocolate bunnies and egg [...]

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Mercy Weeds

I looked out towards the front ditch and saw them; little blue and white buds swaying in the noonday sunlight on fragile stems as the spring winds came in from grassy angles.  Tiny yellow cups soon joined in the dance, wrapping themselves around each other like old friends on a picnic in June.  Their florid [...]

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Lessons from a Nut

“Legend has it that lovers met beneath the trees to hear the pistachios crack open on moonlit nights for the promise of good fortune. A rare delicacy, pistachios were a favorite of the Queen of Sheba, who demanded all her land’s production for herself and her court. The royal nut was imported by American traders [...]

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