Aug 23, 2018
On our Uganda trip in October of 2017, we stayed in a new hotel in the village of Pakwach. Apparently, it was REALLLLLLLY new because they were still trying to work out a few kinks with the locks on their doors. A gentleman on the trip, Sheldon – a pastor from...
Aug 22, 2018
Can you have the sacrament of Holy Communion if you chew gum in worship? Recently there was an article in The Charlotte Observer about a young person who was denied communion in the church of his/her faith tradition. There was a great debate between the mother of the...
Aug 21, 2018
In a 110 meters hurdles event at the Chinese University Games, a hurdler took a whole new approach to the race. Straight from the start, he failed to clear the first hurdle and clipped the top of it. When he tried to clear the second hurdle, it was even worse. He...
Aug 20, 2018
What if there was someone you loved so very much . . . respected, revered, honored, but you could never personally encounter their presence? You could only experience their presence through someone else. And that “someone else” was not even one of your closest friends...
Aug 19, 2018
Confession . . . the Smith family consumes alcohol in moderation. Hopefully, that isn’t a deal breaker for you. But – yes, we do drink. (And – Scott has given his permission for me to share this story!) Therefore it wasn’t a big deal when on vacation a few years ago...
Aug 16, 2018
No one wants to feel utterly helpless. It is human nature to want to feel as if we are in control of our lives . . . but sometimes things happen that are beyond our control. Do you remember a time when you felt absolutely helpless? What did you do about it? What was...
