Last-time lessons
AS SOMETHING of a sentimentalist, the past couple weeks I have spent a fair amount of time sniffing back the tears as I have gone about…
A seat on the bus
WHILE ONLINE THE other day, I came across an old photo that brought back all the insecurities and uncertainties of my teenage years. There I was,…
A living translation
ONE OF THE many things I loved about living in Amsterdam for several years was learning the language, to a degree, and discovering how some English…
A face at the window
WHEN I SET out to write about street children, many years ago, I felt prompted to read Charles Dickens’ classic Oliver Twist, the first book to…
A killer sermon
THE APOSTLE PAUL and I have at least one thing in common. No, nothing from the list of his impressive credentials. Rather, we both put someone…
Quiet courage
IN HOLLYWOOD, heroism typically seems to involve daring feats, lots of explosions, and a fair amount of brightly colored spandex. Those superheroes may not want to…
Hanging on tight
WHEN I TELL you that I have a pair of socks in my drawer that’s almost thirty years old, you’ll probably acknowledge that I’m someone who…
If you hear it said…
FAKE NEWS AND “alternative facts” have produced some overdue hang-wringing and soul-searching in the media, prompting one observer to suggest that suddenly “journalists are the most…
Making Jesus angry
BEFORE THE FINAL, formal blessing at the end of our church’s Sunday morning service, one of the leaders will sometimes say something along the lines of:…
Reading the Bible with Van Halen
WHILE BIBLE scholars divide the scriptures into categories such as history, poetry, prophecy, law, and letters, I have noted before that I prefer to mentally separate…
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