My father leaned against the door frame of the log cabin. Meanwhile, “Uncle” Mike pulled the car up, and waited silently behind the wheel. It was Sunday, and the six of us were preparing to join other vacationing Catholics at … Continue reading →
I was not sure where this blog belonged on my webpage. Body and soul work together, and unless your loved one dies unexpectedly, you will likely become a caregiver. Caregiving sorely taxes one mentally, spiritually and physically. Ultimately, I decided … Continue reading →
“There are many paths to heaven” “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) Well, which is it? Norman Geisler and Peter Bocchino, in their book Unshakable Foundations: … Continue reading →
Two things occur in the next few days — the astronomical winter solstice in the northern hemisphere on December 21 at 11:19 p.m. EST and Christmas. While we experience the least amount of daylight on the 22nd, Christmas is bright … Continue reading →
“I believe I’m supposed to share this,” Joanne told me. I smiled at my friend. She is a woman who weathered the premature death of her beloved husband, cared for her father and mother for years, and recently cried at … Continue reading →
I remember his smile. It was soft and gentle, his joy quietly spilling over everyone and everything around him. He was a man of deep faith. He struggled in his later years after a fall injured his cervical spine. As … Continue reading →
History is clear. Jesus was Jewish. He was the perfect, complete Jew who followed, not a legalistic Pharisaical list of rules, but the Father’s intentions for his sacred laws. Jesus went to the heart of matters. Yet, even while he … Continue reading →
Living According to the Bible’s Instructions When Daniel was a prisoner in King Nebuchadnezzar’s Jewish think-tank, he refused to defile himself by eating delicacies from the King’s table. Instead, he and his fellow brain-trust prisoners convinced the chief eunuch … Continue reading →
If he knew I refer to him as “Good Neighbor Dave,” he would snort and shake his head. Yet he’s always there to help with a smile and willing hands. We’re the same age, Dave and I, and beginning to … Continue reading →
When my editor asked me to write about the Kol Nidre service (held the evening of the holy day of Yom Kippur) at a local Messianic Jewish congregation, I had no idea what to expect. Until then, I … Continue reading →