Meet Charleigh Rae King, grandchild #6. Roy and I live in the basement of her house (our younger daughter’s family). She starts first grade today, and her brother, Garrison, is a second-grader at Grace Academy–where Grampy Roy is headmaster. We’re praying back-to-school is meaningful for all three. What do I mean by “meaningFUL”? I just finished reading Ecclesiastes in July …
Major Impact from a Minor Character
Guest Post by Jay Payleitner Might you ever question whether or not your modest life can make an impact? You’re not alone. Allow me to introduce a man I am quite confident will be a new friend, colleague, and favorite prophet. In your study of the Bible, you’ve read the chapter he authored, but probably didn’t give the man himself …
Pick Your Nose Or Pray?
In the newsletter, I gave three suggestions of how I might respond to an invitation to pray about our current world situation: 1. I’ve already been praying, thank you. 2. I’ll pray when I’m #%&@ good and ready. 3. I believe God’s already decided what to do, so why pray? Honestly, I’d answer with none of the above. Here are …
Lessons on Discrimination from Nehemiah
As I’ve mentioned before, my personal quiet time this year is a Bible Read Thru with a group of folks on the YouVersion Bible App. We were reading through Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther as the racial tension escalated over the past weeks and months, and I wrote an article for this newsletter. Just yesterday, however, I felt the Lord added …
3 Components of True Change
You need to pick up this baby, don’t you? Piper Faith is now almost seven and can still turn on the water works when she wants something in her life to change! But she’s learned tears won’t save her from discipline if she’s done something wrong–especially if the wrong-doing is something that could harm her in the long run. When …
Israel’s Best Moments
I’ve had lots of folks ask, “What was your favorite part of the recent Israel tour?” It’s almost like asking me to choose which daughter I love most! LOL! But I’ll try to describe some of my most meaningful moments. Honestly, several of them came as complete surprises! Why surprising? I thought I knew the two places that would make …
