I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare . . . .The man who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner she will ensnare. —Ecclesiastes 7:26 “I don’t know what to do! Mary broke up with me. She says our engagement is over.” Rob was desperate. His secret sin had…
The above unattributed quotation, like most popular sentiments, is easier to explain rhetorically than to live readily–it is easier to talk about the foundation than to build it. No matter how true the quotation may be, the best our post-Christian culture seems to be able to offer marriage is the same distorted rhetorical fruit that…
Melissa and Bradley are planning their wedding. They’re happy together and are “convinced” their marriage will succeed. Well, actually, they are mostly convinced. Melissa has been married before and brings two reluctant teens into the relationship. Brad says he loves Melissa’s children. He wants to be their father, but senses their resistance. In a recent…
Gandalf said to Frodo, All we have to decide is what to do with the time given to us.” JRR Tolkien Like Frodo’s powerlessness over the growing evil in Middle-earth, we often find ourselves wishing we could control the times of our lives. But all we can do is use the time given to us –…
Fifteen years ago a catastrophic event took the life of golfer Payne Steward. Headed for a Florida tournament, his plane flew beyond its destination for 5 hours before crashing in a South Dakota farm field. This tragedy resulted from a drop in air pressure. As the plane climbed in elevation, air slowly leaked out of…
