Lost in Translation

We've had a lot of fun with our daughter Jill the last several weeks she has been in town. She came to see the family and to help Kristin with the transition she is going through. Yesterday, she was here at…

You're probably wondering what these words mean, because they're not something we recognize from their native Greek roots. But they mean "flesh" and "body". There are many references to the flesh and our bodies in the Scripture and tonight, I…

I always wanted to be born on February 29th. I just think it is the greatest birthday out the there. But my mother missed it by 10 days. I was born on the 19th. And I think that it was…

These were the final words spoken by Scott Carpenter, the back-up pilot and capcom (capsule communicator) for Glenn's historic flight fifty years ago today, one day after my 9th birthday on Feb. 19, 1962. The third of seven Mercury astronauts,…

I just chuckled to myself after I hit the "place order" button on Amazon. I hesitate to even write this post because you are going to think that I am absolutely out of my mind. I didn't want to order…

Well, today, the tents and many of the other temporary structures built for the Super Bowl started to come down; and the news media told us this morning that the downtown streets that have been closed for several weeks would…

No, I'm not starting a new business charging for prayer. Today, I had an early lunch with a friend of mine, a banker, who always insists on paying for both of us. And, as is our custom, I always end…

I'm still in New Jersey this evening, returning home on Wednesday. The purpose of my visit here is to facilitate an off-site meeting with the staff of one of my clients - and it's over now - I just got…

There are a number of terms used in the Scriptures that most of us really don't understand very well. And it seems to me, based on the number of questions that I get about it, the word "repent" is one…

Before people really knew about Jesus, they engaged with and prayed to the Father, which is what the Old Testament is all about. But the prophets also taught the Jews a very important message about the future. That it would…