Don’t You Dare

January 9, 2012 by

The phone rang. On the other end was a daughter’s desperate plea. “Dad is dying. And he’s backslidden.” His parents had been pastors. And they were gone. (“To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.”) They had been praying for their son a long, long time. And can you just […]

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She’s With Jesus

October 8, 2011 by

“‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have perfected praise.’” (Matthew 21:16) She was a member of our church. She loved the Lord with all her heart. And she suddenly died. I was speaking to her as the last one leaving our church on a Sunday morning and the next Monday afternoon […]

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Held in His Arms

August 11, 2011 by

My kids are almost all grown now. I remember when I used to hold them in my arms (back in the day). I would carry them around (dads, isn’t it true?) and wherever it might be. As they got bigger (and heavier), it would hurt my back. 😉 I would hold my kids in my […]

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Baby Bird

May 27, 2011 by

My 12-year old daughter busted in my room calling for help. Her brother was outside fending off two cats that had a baby bird surrounded. I dashed out, grabbed the shovel and actually konked (lightly) one of the cats on the head as it was about to pounce. There the bird was in the middle […]

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