A short guide to happy anniversaries

June is here, traditionally a popular month for weddings, though I suspect that goes back to the days when young folk were expected to marry shortly after high school or college, and weddings followed graduation.If a lot of past weddings occurred in June, that means a...

Working Bible magic

For divinity school students, pastors, and Sunday School teachers, some heavy Bible study comes with the job, but good tools for better study should appeal to anyy growing Christian. If you’re looking for a resource that will take your Bible study to a deeper...

Normal is as normal does

Do you ever congratulate yourself on being more normal than everyone else? It’s easy to do. What’s normal to us, we assume, is the real normal — it’s other people who are odd.On a recent getaway, Jan and I were sitting on the beach, waiting for...

Priceless

I mentioned in my last blog that Jan and I were celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary with a short vacation getaway on Captiva Island, sans computers.Some who know my proclivity for keeping Mr. Macbook at hand might wonder, “How did that work for...

Anniversaries

As I write these words, I’m anticipating a 25th wedding anniversary trip with my wife Jan. We’d originally planned to celebrate the big number with a trip to Mexico, but something called H1N1 put the quietus on that. So, we changed course and will be...