Life in the Wilderness

Life in the Wilderness

by | May 18, 2025 | 2025, Musings

In her book, Now and Not Yet, Ruth Chou Simons suggests that there is a significant difference between living through a season of life and living permanently in a wilderness. A season of pain or disappointment or personal unrest can be very difficult, but it is...
My Tribe

My Tribe

by | May 11, 2025 | 2025, Musings

Church is meant to be so much more than just a preaching station. The New Testament emphasizes its worth and value in Acts 2:42 where it declares that the early church “devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to...
Feeding the Back Row

Feeding the Back Row

by | May 4, 2025 | 2025, Musings

My early exposure to the gospel included a healthy dose of information regarding mission efforts all around the world. If someone was talking about evangelism, they would most likely present their thoughts in a context that mirrored the commission in Acts 1:8. In that...
Already Paid

Already Paid

by | Apr 27, 2025 | 2025, Musings

I have always been fascinated by world records. So much so, that I led an effort to have Stoneybrooke be listed in the Guiness Book of World Records. (We are! At one point, we made the World’s Longest Paper Doll Chain. Check it out!) Recently, I was fascinated to see...
The War is Over

The War is Over

by | Apr 20, 2025 | 2025, Musings

 World War II officially ended with the unconditional surrender of Japan. The documents were formalized on the deck of the USS Missouri on September 2nd, 1945. After the end of the war, it took more than three years to bring home the 3.5 million Japanese...