Again and again in Proverbs, God teaches us the importance of knowledge. People have different feelings about knowledge. Some love to learn while others seem to want to get as far away from learning as they can. As our two-year-old grandson and…
Loving parents require obedience from their children. It’s one of the best ways I know to teach children that God’s rules matter. Back when Ray and I had children at home, we learned from various parenting classes. I remember one teacher contrasting nurture…
The question has never been whether God is worthy of our trust. The question is whether we people will trust Him. Some years after God led the descendants of His faithful servant Abraham from Egypt to the Promised Land, they…
At church on Sunday, a young father was one of four men serving the Lord’s supper to the congregation. His little girl sat at the end of one of the pews. Each time, as he walked from pew to pew, she stood up…
Yesterday I read this statement by Dr. Ben Carson. America is not a top-down nation. It’s not the job of our political leaders to transform our communities. They can help, but first and foremost, this is our job as citizens…
A few days ago in the early evening I was on my way back into the house after taking pictures of a sunset when I noticed some clover that was bright green after its afternoon shower. Clover reminds me of quiet summer days…
