A nonbeliever doctor friend of mine lost his wife to cancer recently. We play doubles tennis a few times a week, and one of our regular players is a curmudgeon German gentleman named Eric. Eric can be blunt and humorously cantankerous at times, but possesses an attractive air of sincere personal humility. During a change … More A gutsy move

If you live long enough, chances are that you’ll have cataract surgery – a removal of the increasingly cloudy lens of the eye which is replaced with a clear lens. I found it to be life changing. Colors were much more vivid, clearer. Objects which I thought were tan or beige I discovered to actually … More New vision

Quite the comeback playoff game Saturday night! Jaguars versus the Chargers. Although I’d suspected it, a bit of online research indicates that Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence is a young, but committed, Christian. The Jags have a history of hiring men of faith. I recall attending church with Mark Brunell and Tony Boselli in the early … More Football

Some amusing and memorable moments from Wednesday’s home school group tour of our College of Missionary Aviation aircraft and hangar (Keystone Heights): – Kids like funny noises and flashing lights.  When I had a home school student volunteer to lift up on the stall warning tab on the airplane wing, I would ask them what was the purpose of the loud horn they … More Children and airplanes

Anxiety is the undisciplined first cousin of depression. It is estimated that (before COVID) more than 40 million Americans suffered from life-altering anxiety, with many more suffering from occasional bouts of anxiety. Post-COVID (are we there yet?!), the numbers are surely higher. Allow me to briefly summarize a Biblical prescription for anxiety from the apostle … More Anxiety (Depression, Part 2)

Feeling down? Insomnia? Anxious, worried, disappointed? Surrounded by confirmed atheist friends and relatives? Distant (literally and figuratively) children? Beaten down by the constant negative drone of politics, news and world problems? Grappling with dark medical issues? The solution of course, is to “get out of ourselves”, and let God. You know, let God… Turn over … More Depressed?

My wife does Christian marriage counseling. The bottom line…

With hurricane Ian passing through Florida with its path of destruction, I’m reminded of a close and uncomfortable encounter with a hurricane while flying with the Navy. It’s one of three “near death experiences” (I use the phrase advisedly) I lived through (by God’s grace) while flying with the Navy. While instructing at VP-30 training … More Encounter with a hurricane

My son is currently experiencing frustrations and great distress in his dating situation. He likes to keep such things close and is reluctant to share details or ask for help, so I kept my response short and to the point… “I feel your pain. It was not until I admitted (to myself and to God) … More The Answer to Relationship Problems

I talk with my son often on a weekly basis as I coach him through the formation of his new business. Unfortunately, our spiritual conversations are much more rare. Despite a strong faith as a child and teenager, he drifted away from his faith while in college (largely the result of a spiritually immature, cult-like … More Help in time of trouble