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October 2026

October 02, 2026

Joy: The Need We Overlook

Joy--We All Need It My parents moved into an assisted living facility nearly three years...

September 2026

September 21, 2026

The Saturday Evening Musings of a “Mean Teacher”

The Saturday Evening Musings of a “Mean Teacher” “The mean teacher,” yes, that's me....

September 14, 2026

The Former Rain, the Latter Rain, and the Jewish Festivals

The Former Rain and the Latter Rain It has rained a lot lately....

August 2026

August 31, 2026

Jehovah Nissi: The Meaning of “The Lord Is My Banner”?

Jehovah Nissi: The Lord Is Our Banner "The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites...

August 26, 2026

Food and St. Paisios: Lessons from a Greek Festival

Food and St Paisios Lessons from a Greek Festival One of the great blessings...

August 10, 2026

The Fig Tree: Preparing for the Season with Love

The Art of the Parables: Part 10 As we continue to camp out with the...

August 03, 2026

Salt and Light: How Christians Influence the World

The Art of the Parable: Part 9 Influence The Parables of Jesus teach us many...

July 2026

July 26, 2026

The Persistent Widow: Why Jesus Says to Pester God

The Art of the Parables: Part 8 Parables of Persistence I remember the time...

July 22, 2026

The Parable of the Talents: Bury It and Lose It

The Art of the Parables: Part 7 Parable of the Talents Matthew 25:14-29 "For it...

July 18, 2026

The Odyssey: How the New Film Makes the Message Relevant

I did something yesterday that I have not done in many years–I went...

July 13, 2026

Easy Summer Recipes for the Grill and the Kitchen

Hot Weather Recipes It's hot! And it's your turn to feed the fam. Here...

July 07, 2026

What Did Jesus Mean by “The Kingdom of God”?

The Art of the Parables: Part 6–Parables of the Kingdom The Kingdom in Similes ...

June 2026

June 30, 2026

Parable of the Sower: The God Who Scatters Seed Everywhere

The Art of the Parables: Part 5 Parable of the Sower Jesus’ Parable of the...

June 24, 2026

The Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin: Three Ways to Be Lost

The Art of the Parables: Part 4 Other Lost Things Luke 15:3-6: Then Jesus told...

June 15, 2026

The Prodigal Son: Two Rebels, One Grace

Luke 15:11-27 "There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to...

June 11, 2026

The Good Samaritan: When Your Enemy Is the Hero

Luke 10:25-37 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test...

June 07, 2026

What Is a Parable? The Art of Teaching in Stories

About Parables This summer I have been asked to teach a weekly series about "the...

May 2026

May 28, 2026

The Graduation Every Christian Is Preparing For

Graduation Last week we traveled to Alabama to attend our oldest grandchild’s high school graduation....

May 14, 2026

A Peek at Robins

About Robins I am so blessed to have a robin’s nest on my back porch...

May 01, 2026

Spring Cleaning the Closet You’re Afraid to Open

Spring Cleaning Spring is here… although it’s been pretty mixed up this week. I don’t...

April 2026

April 23, 2026

A Great Awakening: An Extraordinary Film

A Great Awakening: An Extraordinary Film Last weekend, on the advice of a friend, Marty...

April 20, 2026

Time Is Honey: Save the Bees!

Time Is Honey: Save the Bees! About Honey ... and Bees As a child,...

April 16, 2026

Haiku Poetry Day

Haiku Poetry Day April 17 If you have ever been in a writing class, or...

April 13, 2026

The Thrill of Trilliums

The Thrill of the Trilliums A Sign of Spring ‘Tis the season! Spring has finally...

April 01, 2026

The White Squirrel Phenomenon

White Squirrel/ St. Clairsville, OH Green Genesis 2:19a: Now the LORD God had formed...

March 2026

March 17, 2026

Aurora Leigh: Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Prophetess

*Disclaimer: I’m in English teacher geek mode: Meet Aurora Leigh: Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Prophetess....

March 09, 2026

A Conversation With God: Finding Hope in Your Failures

Once in a while, a student composition turns into something unforgettable. It isn’t always because...

March 04, 2026

Grandma’s Faith

The Lord is My Shepherd: A Grandma Story Several years ago, my 94-year-old, ball-of-fire, Italian...

February 2026

February 26, 2026

“I Am Third”: The Legacy of Gale Sayers

“I Am Third”: The Legacy of Gale Sayers Sometime around my Sophomore year in high...

February 20, 2026

Those Iconic Olympic Rings

"For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding...