I am not a fan of heights. In fact, I once wrote an entire blog about that. Despite my distaste for high places, I love hiking in the mountains. I’m not a blaze-your-own trail, wander-through-the-wilderness, hike-for-days-on-end kind of hiker—but I love a good day-hike on a well-groomed, well-MARKED trail. Several years ago, I had the …
Life Without Dad: Life in the Past Tense
Last summer, two friends kept suggesting we spend a day at this place their parents had taken them to as children. They remembered driving to a lake that dried up each summer. They insisted it was called “Big Dry,” but no one else seemed to know anything about it. I got out a map to …
In God's Arms
Thank you so much for praying for my dad. Many of you have already heard that God’s answer was not the one we expected or hoped for, but we know He “never moves without purpose or plan.” My Dad went home to be with the Lord yesterday morning around 10:30. It came as a great …
Our Family Needs Your Prayer
I had intended to write an update this week, but this is not what I intended to write. That letter will have to wait. Some of you are already aware of what is going on, and I want to thank you so much for your love and support. Yesterday morning my Dad, BIMI missionary Richard …
NT 6:4 Forbid Them Not
Week 6: The New Testament and Children Day 4: Forbid Them Not – Matthew 19:13-15; 18:3,4; Mark 10:13-16; Luke 18:15-17 The disciples were just as human as any of the rest of us, and they made that very plain by some of their attitudes and actions. In Mark 10:13, we see parents bringing their children …
NT 4:5 Loving Beyond Beautiful
Week 4, Part 2: The New Testament and Children Day 5: Loving Beyond Beautiful – Matthew 5:9, 45; Luke 6:35 As you read some of the blogs in this section of the series on the “New Testament and the Fatherless” you might wonder what it actually has to do with the fatherless since they are …
OT 7:3 Zechariah and the Fatherless
Week 7 – Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 3 – Zechariah and the Fatherless: Zechariah 7,8 So, what about the fatherless? Where do they come into this whole picture? Once again, they are at the heart of the issue. Apparently, during the time of the captivity the Jews had been observing a time of …
OT 7:2 Glory Out Of Rubble
Week 7 – Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 2: Zechariah and Ministry Cont’d – Glory from Rubble: Haggai 2 Although it is not addressed in the chapters of Ezra that we have been covering, you may remember that when the foundation of the temple was laid those who had seen the former temple wept …
