After a summer break, Isabelle and I have restarted our young adult group that meets at our house. This past Saturday, we discussed the subject of baptism. The goal was to help give a more complete picture of what baptism means, what it symbolizes, and what it implies. So, I figured I would share my... Continue Reading →
The Music We Long To Hear
In the gospels of Matthew and Luke, Jesus highlights an interesting fact about the people’s response during the early part of the 1st century to God and His message of salvation: “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to their playmates, ‘We played the... Continue Reading →
It’s Not What I Expected to Happen
Ever heard the saying, "When life throws you a curve ball, adjust your swing"? In case you have never heard this before, it uses a baseball illustration to encourage us adapt to life's ever-changing and unpredictable circumstances. I think we can all agree that life is sometimes, even often, not easy. There are so many... Continue Reading →
A Rendezvous with Death
Earlier this spring, one of my wife and I’s best friends passed away after a short battle with cancer. We received the awful news in early December, and he took his last breath on the first day of March this year. We had the chance to see him several times right before he died. We... Continue Reading →
By This All People Will Know
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. – 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 If... Continue Reading →