Top Posts & Pages
Categories
Subscribe to Blog via Email
Join 37 other subscribers
Category Archives: Culture
A Believing Wife
Teckla caught me writing this and said, “I am not worth writing about.” I will write about her anyway because there was a scene in the video series The Chosen that perfectly expressed why I love her so much and … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, On Faith
Tagged Believing Wife, Christian marriage, Peter's Wife, Teckla
Leave a comment
Kansas City Prophets and Global Warming
During my years living in Olathe and Kansas City, I had a bird’s eye view of the prophetic movement in Kansas City. I got to see the good, the bad, and the merely confusing. As one deeply concerned about our … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, On Faith
Tagged Global Warming, Intercession, Kansas City Prophets
Leave a comment
Mere Church
I believe in mere church. I have sojourned in denominational and nondenominational churches. I now attend a Church of the Nazarene but am not a member. Once a month I preach at the Presbyterian church. God’s people of every kind … Continue reading
Ari’s Gift
Few gifts have been as precious as the one our grandson, Ari, gave us this Christmas. Teckla and I approached this Christmas with sadness. It is our first Christmas since Peter died, Ari’s first Christmas without a father or mother … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Fathers and Sons, On Faith
Tagged Ari, Christmas spirit, gratitude, Joy
Leave a comment
Going God-blind
For many years I have asked my composition students to write an essay explaining the concept “All men are created equal” within the context of the American experience. I include the original quotation from the “Declaration of Independence” and similar … Continue reading
Cancer, Tolerance, and Love
Teckla and I both battled cancer recently—a battle that resulted in the surgical removal of the cancer. In both of our cases, a lot of work was done to determine whether and where we had cancer. Teckla became something of … Continue reading
Russian Coffee, Opal, and Sticks
I think most boys are pagans. I was, despite being a preacher’s kid. Although our family went to church twice on Sunday and to Wednesday “prayer meeting”, I could barely wait to get out of Sunday clothes and into my … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, nature, On Faith
Tagged Altars, Milton-Freewater, Paganism, Talisman
Leave a comment
If Only
A couple weeks ago Teckla and I decided to take Ari on a hike along the bluffs north of Shore Acres. The trail meanders through shore pine, Sitka spruce, and Douglas fir. It looks out at the distant horizon where … Continue reading
Washing Paws
It rains a lot here in the winter. Our Doberman, Pharaoh, is a long-legged, big-pawed horse of a dog, so when he runs through the backyard and skids to a stop, he tears up the grass. Most of the backyard … Continue reading