CAREFULLY CARELESS

There's enemy, who has entered into our big western churches because it's easier to hide there. The grander, wider and more stretched thin the church, the more effortless the concealment. The big, bad wolf only has to put on grandma's cap and gown, and we hardly notice a difference between him and our elderly loved ones. He slips in masquerading as an angel of light, and all his servants mimic the saints they sit next to in the pews (2 Cor. 11:14). This enemy has lulled us i

"The term honeymoon comes from the idea that “the first month of marriage is the sweetest”, hence honey (sweet) and moon (referring to a calendar month). Back in the day (we're talking 5th century), the Babylonians would give the bride's father a month's worth of mead to ensure his daughter's happiness (and to make him forget how much he spent on the wedding). This month was called the "honey month," which eventually evolved into our beloved "honeymoon." (batchmead.com, Feb.

Stranger: "Basta premere il pulsante e uscirà l’etichetta con il prezzo del pane da usare alla cassa, ma bisogna pesarlo prima della stampa." Me: "Uh. Sí." On more than one occasion since living overseas, I have been rightfully humbled, feeling what many marginalized persons have felt before--I must be dumb, or at the very least, missing something key to comprehension. The foreigner, the elderly, the disabled, and the minority have all felt this same feeling, not because of a

I've never stopped to ponder what the wife of the infamous Ark-builder was actually like. Strangely though, she has recently become a comfortable companion for me-- a friend, whom I can warmly sit and relate to her story. As a boy mom, we both know the pangs of being punched, bruised, and yelled at in the names of love and hate. She welcomed three daughters in-law, into the family. (I'm sure she could shed a lot of wisdom I have yet to obtain.) I on the other hand welcomed a