If you asked my daughters what the most frustrating thing about God is, I think I know how they would answer. They have long complained that God is invisible. Thankfully, they understand that He is both invisible and present, and they comprehend Him through the eyes of faith that “see” Him in other things. But,…

It is hard to explain Banksy. On the one hand, that name itself means much in our world. If you know the name, you know that Banksy is something of a guerilla painter or graffiti artist. And yet, while the world may know Banksy by that name, we still don’t know much about who the…

My watch tracks all sorts of things. It can tell you my heart rate, my elevation, my oxygen saturation, and my sleep depth. It can even tell the time. And on top of all of that, it can tell me how many steps I’ve taken and how close I am to my goal of a…

This is election week. Elected positions and people that you forgot existed show up on ballots. Soil and Water Management? We end up doing research, trying to figure out who is the best vote. Or perhaps we vote by party line. Or perhaps we bubble in the name that we think sounds the nicest. When…

His profile picture changed to a doctored photo of a billboard that announced “Excellent Crypto Trades”. Not that a pastor friend of mine couldn’t be getting into mining doge coin, it just seems unlikely. Not only that, but dangerous. Perhaps reckless. The message I sent: “Did you get hacked?” How often does God send us…

Every now and then I get questions about celebrating Halloween as a Christian. There are certainly things that present problems for a Christian on Halloween. One of those is the presence of imagery and costumes that seem anti-Christian. I remember showing up for a Halloween party where a guy had an inverted pentagram and “666”…

Brother Andrew was born in Denmark in 1928. Brother Andrew soon grew up and in around the 1940’s he joined the Danish army and left for Indonesia as a part of a force that was trying to maintain Dutch colonial rule in the country. While in Indonesia, Brother Andrew was disillusioned by war. He had…

Ashley Garner knew it was too late. She had lost her wedding ring in the yard as her family was putting the final touches on the outside preparations for Hurricane Ian that was barreling down on their Ft. Myers home. They looked and looked, but pretty soon it was time to go inside and hunker…

Scott Andrusz is famous in certain circles. You don’t know Scott? Well, then you don’t run in his circles. You don’t find what he does to be important. But to many people, he is important. Scott is important because he did something crazy and quirky. Because he did something different and a little weird. Scott…