One of my favorite places to visit in New York City is the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Located on the edge of Central Park on 5th Avenue, and across from 82nd Street, the MET is one of the world’s premier museums. The MET is over 600,000 square feet in size and contains over 2 million… Read More »

I stood from a distance watching a scene unfold before me that would ultimately alter someone’s eternal destiny. The girl in my youth group was barely 5 feet tall. Her long, straight, blonde hair hung all the way down her back to her waist. Her blue eyes were focused and passionate. She gestured often in… Read More »

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Well a few weeks ago Lauri and I left for Florida at 5:45 PM on a Sunday night. I prefer to drive to Florida in one straight shot, and I prefer to drive it at night. 1009 miles. The four big “C’s” of Columbus, Charleston, Charlotte and Columbia are all so much easier to navigate… Read More »

“There he is!” “Do you see him coming!” “Is that him… the one on the donkey?” “Who is he?” “I think he is a prophet or something.” “People up the road are yelling Hosanna, Blessed is the King of Israel.” “Look, they are making a carpet for him to pass over out of their cloaks.”… Read More »

Last night our dog, Penny, was acting kind of strangely. She was just so restless and couldn’t stay still. Usually by 10 PM Penny is either curled up on the couch beside Lauri asleep or she is laying on my lap in my chair. (Yeah… a 75 pound yellow lab likes to lie on my… Read More »

On Wednesday night I watched the news feed concerning the midair collision of an Army Blackhawk helicopter with an American Airlines CR700 passenger jet. For a time, there was some brief hope that there might possibly be survivors, but eventually we learned that all 67 people were lost. My heart ached for the families that… Read More »

Can you imagine what life was like for Joseph? We read about his life in Genesis 37-50. Joseph’s father Israel (Jacob) sure had made plenty of blunders in life, and perhaps his greatest was the way he favored Joseph over his other brothers. Why? Well apparently because Joseph made him a fancy robe (37:3). Talk… Read More »

Sanctity Of Life Day In Jeremiah 19 the Israelite people had strayed far from God. Through the prophet Jeremiah God sent warning after warning that the people needed to turn back to worship Him — the one true God. Finally God’s patience runs out and Jeremiah brings this prophetic word against Israel: (3) “‘Hear the… Read More »

Winter. Winter in Northern Ohio means cold… and windy. I admit it… and I’ve mentioned it before — I am a sissy for cold weather. I just don’t know if I would make it in Minnesota. I remember visiting my grandparents home in western Pennsylvania during winter as a kid and almost experiencing heat stroke… Read More »