Thankful, My Soul

Thankful, My Soul

Today, fellow beloved, I can say this much: Life is curious. It is as much a struggle as it is beautiful. It is also charming, joyful, playful, and robust. It is full, is it not? And through it all, we are here in the demands of the present yet living for eternity;...
Exceedingly Sweet

Exceedingly Sweet

When it comes to our time in Heaven, I love to rove through fanciful possibilities of the sweet joys awaiting the followers of Jesus. Recently, I contemplated a somewhat unorthodox possibility that involved the fusion of math and imagination. Consider: If “a thousand...
On Getting Older

On Getting Older

“Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.” (Isaiah 46:4) At some point, getting older was no longer fun. Ten was that point for me. I am many times that...
Forever and Ever and Ever

Forever and Ever and Ever

I’m being generous, but perhaps this will be on my tombstone: 10/18/60-12/12/52. Many talk about the dash between the dates being the most important part. It is the story of a man’s life, they say, and it is to be measured by the noteworthy achievements, or the...