I’ve enjoyed following the Artemis II astronauts journey around the moon the last several days. Did you see any video feeds from the spacecraft? Artemis II traveled 252,757 miles from earth, marking the furthest distance any human has traveled from our planet. Their 10 day mission broke several space travel records. 250+ thousand miles is… Read More »

Have you ever wondered about the backstory behind the Roman soldiers who were ordered to guard Jesus’ tomb? There must be a backstory there, right? Can you imagine getting tapped to guard a dead guy… over the weekend… in a cemetery… even throughout the night. Yikes. This assignment must have been the Roman Army equivalent… Read More »

I had a conversation with a man once about spiritual concepts. He had grown up in church, but had rejected Christianity as the way to know and experience God. His belief system revolved around the idea that God — according to him — was “bigger” than the God of Christianity. When I pressed him on… Read More »

One of the greatest maritime tragedies of modern times was the loss of the Titanic. We all know the story of the Titanic — the ship that was proclaimed to be unsinkable — sank into the depths of the Atlantic in just under 3 hours after it struck an iceberg. Lacking proper safety protocols and… Read More »

When I was around 30 years old I took a bike ride while on vacation in Myrtle Beach. Turning out of the rental property, I rode about 15 miles down the coast. It was a beautiful day and the environment, scenery and traffic encouraged me to take a rather aggressive pace. I felt invigorated and… Read More »

I was relaxing on my day off this week and decided to watch a movie. “The Martian” is a movie about NASA sending astronauts to Mars to work in the Mars Habitat facility that had been built for living on, as well as, exploration of Mars. During a chaotic emergency evacuation from Mars because of… Read More »

Something absolutely astounding happened to me this past week. Over the last few months my shop had gotten to be quite cluttered, and so I was finally doing some necessary cleaning. Putting away tools, vacuuming cobwebs and bringing a bit of order to chaos so to speak. I was carrying a tray loaded with screws… Read More »

When you think about how God has expressed his love for people, what Bible verses come to your mind? Perhaps it is the most well known verse in the Bible. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal… Read More »

Nasty. There are just no other words to describe the situation. Nasty. N-A-S-T-Y. NASTY! Why does our garage floor appear to be excessively wet? I mean, I did park the truck in the garage when it was covered in snow, but how has the melted snow run all the way over to the other side… Read More »

Seventy years ago this past Thursday, Ed McCully, Peter Fleming, Roger Youderian, Nate Saint and Jim Elliot landed their small aircraft in a riverbed to make first Christian contact with the small tribe of Waodani people in the Ecuadorian jungle. They had been planning the trip for months. Flying over the villagers, dropping gifts from… Read More »