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We are talking about misery that seems to toss faith to the wind while we cannot shake off feelings of abandonment. It is one of the...

Picture this writer on the horns of a dilemma. Certain readers like charming stories of my Swiss childhood. Some can stomach more...

Naturally, it pleased me that so many readers appreciated the “Babeli” story that introduced us to Viola Tricolor, the wild pansy that...

In April 1945 the end of World War II was near and spring was in the air. It prompted me to roam the countryside in search of cowslip. ...

The gaps in my story calling for an epilogue registered as “gasps” in my ears. Blame it on the black sheep who gambled away the family...

So, Central Casting has instructed the extras to show up dressed for the harsh winter scene in next day’s shoot. Everybody arrives...

Yes, you could ask Abraham, originally from Ur of the Chaldeans, or Saul of Tarsus, but what if they are currently swapping stories with...

Naturally, the zip code of their ultimate gated community is a secret, so I am not holding my breath to get a letter back from them. ...

Some years ago, I was amazed that all three contestants aced final Jeopardy! by correctly identifying “the most famous sermon in American...

What a huge relief to be back in the sane and safe territory of “the REVELATION of Jesus Christ…communicated by His angel to His...

As a very old man, John wrote his second very short letter that spoke to me so personally, I taught a seven-week course on it at...

Notice, we are not asking “what” is it all about.  So, as we are heading into election week, what if it is not all about America,...

Did I really mean it when last I wrote, “Immanuel, God with us, keeps sustaining us in every tough trial”?  Having had 9 different...

Not yours, I promise, if your theology is Christ-centered, not culture-conditioned. Even so, do fasten your seat belts as we embark on a...

The term is used 235 times in the Bible and has perhaps an Old Testament ring to it. Or does it? Did the Lord of heaven’s armies close...

One of my recent Facebook posts read, “These days I get most of my exercise from shaking my head in disbelief.” I think so would you -...

Have you and I done any lately?  Can you name yours?  Would you classify them as feats, deeds, acts, undertakings, larks or even stunts? ...

Take it from a biblical history buff that this tale of epic shift, pulled off by David, might instruct us in our current trials. Didn’t...

Thanks to the pandemic-related theme of “Food Insecurity,” we recently got stuck with the contention voiced in James 5:17 that Elijah was...

The term, of course, is increasingly part of the COVID-19 jargon that dominates the news and implies hunger in America.  Some argue that...