Lost in Translation

On this date, November 26th, back in 1580, one of the very significant religious treaties was signed between longtime enemies - the French Huguenots and the Roman Catholic faction of the Christian faith. For years, there was a very deep…

For the last several months, I have become increasingly aware of a number of situations where families have been dealing with painful issues - including fighting among themselves. Sometimes, innocent bystanders are pulled into the mix and can even become…

I attended a meeting this afternoon when one of the participants made reference to a three headed monster. Everybody at the table laughed, as he was referring to a group of people who we work with, but I got to…

I was heading home from the office tonight, around dinnertime, and the newscaster was remarking about the large number of weddings that were taking place today. I thought about whether this was some special day I had forgotten, and then…

This past week-end, Janet's sisters came into town to have a week-end together on what would have been their mother's birthday on Saturday. While Nancy flew back to Williamsburg yesterday, Janet and I drove Debbie back toward Chicago this morning…

...shall be on his shoulders... No, I'm not talking about the prophecies concerning the coming of Jesus. I'm speaking about elections. For those of you who don't realize it, yesterday was a voting day for some races across the country.…

Janet and I went for a drive late this afternoon. We were in Zionsville at a church service this morning where a new pastor for the church our daughter works in was introduced to the congregation. Then we headed to…

Well, I couldn't believe it as I got in my car to run an errand at lunchtime today. Sure enough, as I looked out the window and I put my jacket on, there it was, as plain as day -…

I just love this time of year. The trees are starting to turn color and I hear the rustle of leaves as they fall to the ground. As my grandfather used to say, the earth is getting ready to hibernate…

This morning, Janet, Andrew and I headed north to Tipton where I once again had a guest preaching assignment - week two, having already been there to preach a message last Sunday. Last week, I worked on teaching the book…