I had a philosophy professor who was the quintessential eccentric philosopher. His disheveled appearance was highlighted by a well-worn tweed sport coat and poor-fitting thick glasses, which often rested on the tip of his nose.
Every now and then, as most philosophy professors do, he would go off on one of those esoteric and existential “what’s [...]

Imagine you and the Lord Jesus walking down the road together. For much of the way, the Lord’s footprints go along steadily, consistently, rarely varing the pace. But your footprints are a disorganized stream of zigzags, starts, stops, turnarounds, circles, departures and returns. For much of the way, it seems to go like this, but [...]

Dear Fool,
I saw you yesterday as you began your daily chores. As a matter of fact, you didn’t even bless your meals or pray before going to bed last night. You are so ungrateful. I like that about you! I can’t begin to tell you how glad I am that you have not changed your [...]

(What might Paul have said in 1999?)
If I speak with the confidence of Rush Limbaugh and sing with the ease of Celine Dion but don’t have love, my words are like scraping fingernails on a frozen windshield.
If I can program NASA’s mainframe computer and outsmart my chemistry professor, if I can memorize the Psalms and [...]

When tomorrow starts without me,
And I’m not there to see;
If the sun should rise and find your eyes
All filled with tears for me;
I wish so much you wouldn’t cry
The way you did today,
While thinking of the many things,
We didn’t get to say.
I know how much you love me,
As much as I love you,
And each time [...]