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November 2022

November 30, 2022
  As a child growing up on the U.S. East Coast in a home without...
November 23, 2022
When Jonah finally accepted his calling to cry repentance to the people of notoriously wicked...
November 16, 2022
Six months before He was to give His life, Jesus took Peter, James, and John...
November 10, 2022
  He gave me my eyes that I might see          ...
November 02, 2022
My kindergarten student held out an autumn leaf that was part green and part red....

October 2022

October 26, 2022
  "Welcome to Godhood 101." Every semester I start the Eternal Family class I teach...
October 19, 2022
In approximately 1884, widowed Sarah Winchester, heiress of a world-renowned fortune, began building her house....
October 12, 2022
The anti-Christ Korihor traveled throughout the land, his "great swelling words" proclaiming lies and blasphemy...
October 05, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW9dBT9k28o&t=148s) Some of my songs have a creation story. Some just come to life and...

September 2022

September 28, 2022
Cross country was the first sport for every one of our kids. My wife started...
September 21, 2022
In a poetic masterpiece for children, Hello Earth (2021), Joyce Sidman assumes children's voices, asking...
September 14, 2022
When scribes and Pharisees brought to Christ a woman taken in adultery, claiming a law...
September 07, 2022
On a cool summer evening, Larry greeted our family at the door, dressed in a...

August 2022

August 31, 2022
A beloved hymn of longing for peace in  pain includes the words "In my Gethsemine
August 24, 2022
There is much to doubt or fear in today's world: including hopes that COVID is...
August 17, 2022
When told by Christ that "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the...
August 10, 2022
We had been in the cave before. We had been part of a tour with...
August 03, 2022
When I was in kindergarten through fourth grade, we lived in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The...

July 2022

July 27, 2022
  Most bible readers are familiar with Esau, who returned from his hunt feeling weak...
July 20, 2022
"[God] hath made every thing beautiful in his time" (Ecclesiastes 3:11). The bible's word division...
July 12, 2022
Directing a tour to the Holy Land was a blessing for me. I loved being...
July 06, 2022
Ohhhh summertime is so much fun. Especially after a long, harsh winter in Rexburg, Idaho....

June 2022

June 29, 2022
  For years we have been a wrestling family! We love football, track, and basketball...
June 22, 2022
“Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour,...
June 15, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl6wErTzw-A&t=1s I don’t love waiting. You probably don’t either. I’ve never heard someone say, “I...
June 08, 2022
When I'm watching sports, I love to see the underdog win. There have been lots...
June 01, 2022
I love the hymn "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing. When I hear it, I...

May 2022

May 25, 2022
To the well-known incident of the woman taken in "the very act" of adultery, whose...
May 18, 2022
The word "talent" may immediately suggest a gift for creating music, poetry, or visual arts. More...
May 11, 2022
My wife and I recently enjoyed dropping our oldest son off at college. We were...
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