God Delights In You
Tonight the Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians play Game 7 for the right to be World Series champions. I wonder if my friend Dave Vander Laan will get to…
Surprise Party
The secret plan is drafted and crafted. The text message from Allen is complete with video directions to the side street we are to park on and what time to…
Bold Approach
It’s one of those "the chip in your windshield just turned into a crack and, by the way, your car has a headlight out and when you fix it you’ll…
Ripple Effect
Living here at the lake, a favorite part of each day is to watch the patterns on the surface of the water. An ever changing design, it’s easy to get…
A Note To My Seminary Professor
April 21, 1998 Dr. (Fred) Chay, Is it always like this? They never call or stop you on the street 10 minutes after class when everything is fresh in your…
Chosen
"Is love a feeling or a decision?" I put the question to my high school Old Testament students during a fall semester. The discussion is spirited. The questions they discover…
The Door
It’s among my most prized possessions. Impractical as it seems, it would be something I’d try to carry out with me if the house was on fire. Part of my…
Extremes
What's the hottest you've ever been? What's the coldest you've ever been? Residing in the Phoenix valley for 14 years, I lived through a lot of hot. In fact, there's…
Refurbished And Reconditioned
During my years at Phoenix Seminary in the mid-1990's, I had the privilege of getting to know Dean Borgman, then Vice-President of Boeing in Mesa, AZ. If memory serves, Dean…
Dry Season
The homeowner called Hildebrandt Tree Tech to remove a honey locust tree from his front yard. He was sad to see the tree go but it had become unstable and…