After a prayer of gratitude, Lori and I clinked our water glasses together to celebrate. We were eating at one of our favorite Italian restaurants. “Here’s to a cancer-free life and no more tamoxifen,” I said. It had been almost four years since her initial diagnosis and surgery. Then she began taking tamoxifen, a drug …
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“How long is one lap around Churchill Downs?” “What’s the average rainfall in Marion County?” “How much snow do you get here?” “Why is Kentucky called ‘The Bluegrass State’?” “When was the Ark built?” — referring, of course, to the Ark Encounter in Williamstown. Lori and I had friends from Oklahoma visiting us recently. They …
Each day I vow to look for ways God is working in my life, but sometimes I’m too preoccupied with lesser things to see the glory of his presence. One of Lori’s and my favorite episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond is the one titled “Italy.” Raymond acts like a spoiled kid through the first of the two-part …
“Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” —Thomas, cited by John the Apostle, John 20:25 Since childhood, I’ve been prone to doubt and ask questions that, when spoken aloud, have been, on occasion, a …
Early this morning, on this Monday of what the church calls Holy or Passion Week, I step outside into the darkness, looking to the stars, pondering what Jesus endured on the way to his ignominious death. I want to replace the images of whips and thorns, nails piercing hands and feet, blood dripping down a …