The waiting father
COUNTLESS WORDS HAVE been written down through the ages to try to convey the heart of the gospel, but it has perhaps never been better captured…
A weapon of mass distraction
FROM FLAGS ON the battlefield to cyberspace, communication has always been important in wartime. Soldiers need to know where to go and what to do. That’s…
Discipleship in a nutshell
A FEW YEARS back, Stan Guthrie wrote a book called God’s Story in 66 Verses: Understand the Entire Bible by Focusing on Just One Verse in…
Facing down failure
ONE OF MY first experiences with the deep shame of failure was when I got dropped from the starting lineup of the youth soccer team. As…
Baby steps at bedtime
SOMETIMES WE make things harder for ourselves than they need to be by filling in the blanks where the Bible leaves some space. Take the admonition…
When your kids tick you off
COMMISERATING recently with a friend over some struggles with one of his children, I was reminded of a book I have long wanted to see written:…
Bad back gymnastics
ANYONE PEERING THROUGH the window when they passed our house recently might have thought I had taken up ballet. They would have seen me pivoting at…
Lone Rangers and Go Along Gangs
I’VE MET MY share of Lone Ranger Christians through the years who, like that old Western character, are a strange mix. They want people to notice…
When you drop the ball
GIVEN THAT MANY folks greet the New Year with plans to improve their lives one way or another in the coming months, it seems a little…
My last-minute ABBY gift guide
RUSHING AROUND doing some last-minute Christmas shopping and short on ideas? You might find a helpful suggestion or two in my annual ABBYs—the Andy Butcher Best…
