It’s hard to imagine yourself as a soldier in ancient times walking onto a battlefield where swords, spears, daggers, flails, bows and arrows, and shields of your enemy abound, and yet you stand there, in light clothing, with no shoes, boots or head covering, while your foe is in full charge toward you, his eyes [...] »
I remember many years ago, as a young minister from the United States, visiting and preaching in Germany. While there, I visited the Dachau Concentration Camp just a few miles north of Munich. It was one of the most sobering moments I would ever experience. Viewing the remains of the ovens, the gas chamber, and especially [...] »
I have awakened early on this Friday, the day that Christendom around the world, with thankful hearts, recognizes as “Good Friday.” Having just returned home from east-central Africa from a missions trip on Wednesday, I am still in a “time adjustment “ mode, so it was natural for me to be awakened early, but my [...] »
“Gone”-A Poem about the Darkest Saturday Gone….. was his incredible smile,… that they remembered so clearly, as the children had gathered around him, with their laughter, and playing, and dirty hands, trying to climb into his lap as he blessed them. Gone…..was the authority he exercised,….over the trembling demons, that saturated the poor wretched man [...] »