The Fourth of July is coming up this coming Sunday. We have recently started calling this holiday simply “The 4th of July” but it’s proper name is “Independence Day” as we celebrate our independence of our country from Britain on this day. As a nation, we wrote this thing called the “Declaration of Independence” which…

This past Monday was the first day of summer. June 21, the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, is also the first day of summer. (I know this because Professor Fuelberg told me so during Bible study this past Sunday.) From here on out, the days will get shorter as we approach the…

It happens every time we plan on leaving for some kind of vacation — the increasing of the already hurried pace of trying to get things done, make sure details are cleared, and communications made. And every time there is a moment, sometimes a short one and sometimes a long one, where I think to…

Last week one of our students, Kristin, reached out to me and said, “Hey, I’m leading a Bible study at my church over the summer and they would like to talk about purgatory, do you have any good resources?” I looked, but I didn’t find anything that I liked at first (of course, after looking…