• In Search of Escape: A Lesson from The Piano Man

    Sing us a song, you’re the piano man Sing us a song tonight Well, we’re all in the mood for a melody And you’ve got us feelin’ alright “The Piano Man,” lyric by Billy Joel, 1973 On Saturday evening Shannon and I attended a unique night of music and elegance at the Monroe Symphony Orchestra.

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  • Running & Walking While Waiting

    Run and walk are the two main means of moving forward. The idea of waiting in faithful hope is not one of sitting on the sidelines or stopping all activity. Instead, it is a conscious, mental, emotional and willful choice to hope in God while going about everyday life, or moving forward in your life.

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  • Headlines: The Bible & Our World Today

    Over the past few days, several headlines have come across the news wire that seemed to be perfect blog fodder. As each showed up on Yahoo, Google, newspapers, etc. I said to myself, “I need to write on that.” But every time I disciplined myself to pen a word or two, another headline came to

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  • Hezekiah: Another Real Biblical King

    I wonder when, if ever, skeptics will cease to question the reality of people and events mentioned in the Old Testament. After all, science keeps verifying the biblical text, leading agnostic and atheistic scholars to go from, “He was most likely made up long after the fact,” to now go, “Well, he existed back then,

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