I celebrated Mother’s Day three times last year. The first time was in England, when we happened to be there on Mothering Sunday. (It actually was my second time in England on Mothering Sunday; the first time my boys were three and one; in 2015 the accompanying child was 28!) Two weeks later we were in Slovenia with relatives on Parent’s Day….
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Native Americans and the Gospel: A Flight of Arrows
Lori Benton is a fine writer whose most recent novel, A Flight of Arrows, fascinated me with its approach to the Christian gospel message. Since I do not believe Jesus Christ looked nor acted like a 21st century American, I’ve long been intrigued by how people portray him and his message in other cultures. You can read my reaction to…
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Genealogy: Searching for the Posey House
While on my five-year genealogy hunt one day, I took my innocent children and niece on a search for the Posey house. I’d stumbled upon a photo of it during a hurried three-hour session in the Allen County Genealogical Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana. On that particular summer, my family was recovering from 20 years of a military life following…
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A Dream of Loved Ones–For Comfort
I knew it was a dream as I stood on the balcony overlooking the sweeping view of the Los Angeles harbor. My parents loved that view. I turned and recognized the french doors leading into their condominium. The door stuck slight on the thick carpeting, as always, when I pushed it open. I cocked my head in surprise when the…
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Barnabas the Encourager
Do you, like the Apostle Paul, have an encourager in your life? Someone who can lift you up when the chips are down and help you start all over again? Who whispers in your ear: “You can do it, you can do it, I know you can!” In this post, I provided a biography of Paul’s companion Barnabas, but the more I thought about Barnabas,…
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Who was Barnabas?
Barnabas was an important member of the early Church and I’ve been running into him lately as I study the book of Acts. His name is generally understood to mean “son of encouragement,” and he certainly played that role for the Apostle Paul and others. But who was he and where did he come from? His Levite parents from Cyprus…
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