This morning, I’ll admit, I’m a bit distracted. While I’m getting work done, I’m drawn, again and again, to doom-scrolling on my phone. It began with me saying “I’ll just check my notifications,” and it’s currently a battle for keeping my attention on what I’m supposed to be doing. Heck, I even ate a snack when I promised myself I would continue my intermittent fasting (Which I’ve done all week). Loved ones, isn’t this how life goes? We start off with the best of intentions, and get...

I get moved, deeply by Scripture. As I look at the world today, and as I read through the Old and New Testaments, I realize, every time, that we may be technologically superior, but we’ve not really moved anywhere as people. Either that, or we’re taking strides backwards. We go our own way, we seek our own will, we reject truth, we sacrifice our children, our marriages, and the well being of our families, friends and neighbors for our own happiness, we ignore God’s word and commands, and we...

Today, my third oldest son got his cast off after fracturing the growth plate on his wrist nearly a month ago. There was a lot of guilt in our home because we didn’t get him in to the hospital until a week (or so) after; yet that guilt was misplaced! You see, the day after he fractured his wrist, I went in to the hospital for an emergency surgery. When we were supposed to follow up, again, I went in to the hospital for an emergency procedure. There was nothing we could have done above and...