Month: November 2023

As I celebrated Thanksgiving with family and new friends, I wondered if this is perhaps the Christian’s strongest beachhead against secular culture. Yes, I am aware that many celebrate the day with misdirected thanks, but grateful hearts will always repel a materialistic mindset. Somehow, miraculously, Thanksgiving has successfully withstood the onslaught of those who would…

Life on a plane feels like life on pause. As I flew from Florida to California, where was I? I wasn’t in Florida, and I wasn’t in California. I was in the air, I was somewhere, I was nowhere. When I stepped off the plane, Florida seemed long ago and far away. California was my…

I thought I knew that quote, but I had it wrong. I’m talking about a famous quote by Abraham Kuyper, which I thought said, “There is not a square inch in all of creation over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, ‘Mine!’” It was recently pointed out to me that what…

They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So is weather. The temperature was 60 degrees when I began my bike ride this morning. I thought I was going to become a bICEcycle (That’s a Dad Joke for those who have never seen one). I write this knowing that my northern friends…