Yesterday I had my day all planned out. It was one of those rare days with down time and I figured I’d use the block of time to get some writing done since I am giving a talk in early December. However, it didn’t quite turn out the way I imagined it. I realized…
I am studying Genesis right now and just read about the birth of Rachel’s second son, whom she named Ben-Oni. Rachel was the beloved wife of one of the Old Testament patriarchs, Jacob. As Genesis 35:17 records, Rachel began to give birth and had “great difficulty” so she named her son, Ben-Oni, which means…
Is heaven similar to the Emerald City? While researching a recent talk on heaven, that’s the first image I visualized as I read the Revelation description of the New Jerusalem. The foundations of the city walls will be decorated with precious stones, the gates will be made out of single pearls and Main Street…
The other day, a local radio station did a funny bit about waiting in the carpool line at school. The station took a negative slant on carpool lines, interviewing parents at a local school about the disadvantages of picking their kids up. There were stories about being cut off in the carpool line, complaints…