Month: March 2026

My wife’s pain level, which had been high for weeks, reached unbearable, so I took her to the ER. The ER Doc did an ultrasound, saw nothing concerning, and prescribed Percocet. When we told her we would prefer to discover the source of the pain, we could tell she just wanted us to go away….

I’m posting this to let you know that I’ve published Bakovia and the Quest for Truth under the pen name, D. Edwin Bakker. The book is a compilation of stories that I have written for my family about a mythical land. If you would like to read it, I think you will find it whimsical…

With the approach of Holy Week, I was re-reading the story of Jesus’ “Triumphal Entry” into Jerusalem. I find it ironic that we call this a “triumphal entry,” when Zechariah prophesied that it would be a “humble entry.” In Matthew’s account of the event, he quotes Zechariah 9:9: “Behold your king is coming to you,…

Florida’s flora is normally a verdant green, but this winter the color is barren brown. An unusual freeze dropped temperatures into the twenties and caused gardens that had been drop-dead gorgeous to simply drop dead. Now, two weeks later, some foliage is again producing leaves, revealing which plants are survivors and which are merely departed….

I recently asked a church musician what he was learning about God as he led worship. He told me he had been so focused on worship that he couldn’t think about God. His admission shocked but did not surprise me. It simply pointed out how easily worship can become idolatry. To worship something is to…