Remembering Dad

October 20 rolls around each year, and each year this day arrives with the memories of the day Dad went to be with Jesus seemingly as fresh in my memory as they were on that day. I won’t go into the details of the morning other than to say Mom, Cath and I walked out…

I don’t want to be a Pharisee

It’s an interesting parallel. In the time of Jesus, following the exit of the Greeks from Israel and region the Pharisees and Sadducees worked to pull out of Jewish culture the infiltration of Greek culture with a call to return to Holiness and worship of the one true God, Yahweh. It was a call that…

Can I be forgiven?

I received an email recently with this question; Is there a sin God can’t forgive? It originates from a publisher who, to their credit, is asking a question to intrigue the reader to read on. That’s good writing. Grab the attention of the reader – correct? That’s why many times I start this with a…