I posted this series on my facebook page, which led to some interesting and helpful interaction. Some people are not on facebook, but do subscribe to the blog. So I will share these four posts here as well. Feel free
Fields of Reality: Peter at 15
My son Peter would be fifteen today, December 11, 2020. What would he be like at fifteen? What joy would he bring? What trouble and heartache? What strange thoughts would he be sharing? When Peter was ten, we had a
A Testimony
On Sunday we celebrated a baptism. Jerryson rejected Christianity when he was younger. He wasn’t impressed with what he saw. As he dug into the history of Africa, he didn’t see how the Christian faith could fit him, a black
The Dumbest Thing I Ever Did
A thread on reddit asks the What is the Dumbest Thing You’ve Ever Done? The responses are entertaining. They also make you cringe. Here is one response: You know those old cigarette lighters in cars? Nobody in my immediate family
Mountains, Mission, Plague: the life of Zwingli
This is the house where Ulrich Zwingli was born, just a few minutes away from where we stayed in northeast Switzerland. Who was Zwingli? Zwingli was a man of the mountains. He translated the well-known Psalm 23, “In schone Alp
Homesick
We were just in Switzerland. It’s not fair. Some people get to live there. The mountains! The lakes! The supernatural green of the hillsides. It would be dangerous for me to live there. If I couldn’t be out on the
Privilege (a short post)
I grew up in the suburbs, in a stable home with two parents. My neighborhood’s streets were filled with children playing in safety. I had outstanding teachers. I attended a private Christian liberal arts university. And of course, I am
Downward/Upward Trajectory
Malawi is one of the poorest countries in Africa. Moses and Janien are moving to one of the poorest parts of Malawi. The average income is less than five cents a day. When Moses, who is from Malawi, was arranging
The Planet’s Pandemic
At the beginning of the coronacrisis, we heard terrifying stories of death and despair. At the same time, we heard encouraging stories of a recovering planet. Wildlife wandered into silent cities. Dolphins returned to the canals of Venice. Actually, they
Coronavirus, Cancer, Christ
Why is there a coronavirus? The straightforward answer is that humans came into too close of contact with wildlife that carried the virus. Others have proposed more sinister plots: the virus was engineered; there is no virus, just 5G radiation;