A Shepherd on Christmas Night

One of the highlights of our Christmas season thus far (remember, today is only the 3rd Day of Christmas) was Tom Kotchka coming by our house for a cup of tea and a brief chat. And in that conversation, we discovered that a few years back Tom had written some scripts designed for dramatic reading,…

Top 5 (December 23)

* “Dr. Rand Paul Releases 2023 ‘Festivus’ Report on Government Waste” (Office of Senator Rand Paul) * “A judicial insurrection against democracy: The Colorado ruling forbidding Trump from standing for election is a grotesque assault on democratic rights.” (Brendan O’Neill, spiked) * “The revival of an ancient calumny: In response to the genocidal Hamas agenda, churches have turned on its…

Exercising an Unstained Mind: A Yuletide Consideration

A couple of weeks back, an entry in Mission Possible: One-Year Devotional by Tim Tebow emphasized the need to exercise one’s mind…and to do so in a purposeful, careful way that keeps one from being influenced by the ungodly doctrines, temptations, and vanities of the world. What a critically-needed challenge this is for Christians. After all, such…

The Top 5 (December 16)

* “The New Religion of the Left: Nihilism” (Victor Davis Hanson, Daily Signal) * “The Axis of Disorder: How Russia, Iran, and China Want to Remake the World.” (Michael Mazza, Global Taiwan Institute) * “Feds Sent Nearly $2 Billion To Planned Parenthood And Other Pro-Abortion Groups, Gov’t Report Finds — America’s largest abortion provider raked in over $1.5 billion in…

The Christmas of the Talking Animals

If a quiet 1/2 hour ever comes along in your hectic holiday schedule, you might enjoy this heartwarming Christmas story I wrote several years ago. In fact, this link takes you to the audio version that KGBI used to play on Christmas morning back in the days when I was broadcasting Vital Signs on the…

Yes, the World Is Watching

One’s Christian witness, when truly enlightened and empowered by the Holy Spirit, always has effects. For God isn’t wasteful and not only does He speak continually to the consciences of men and women through His Word and His creation; he also speaks through the testimony and exemplary lives of the saints. Isaac emphasized that wondrous…

The Top 5 (December 2)

* “Republicans can win on abortion if pro-lifers tell their stories” (Christopher Bedford, Fox News) * “Can Europe Become Western Again?” (Victor Davis Hanson, Daily Caller) * “China’s growing espionage and propaganda threat in the U.S” (Morgan Phillips, Daily Mail) * “Exposed: Meta’s $36 Billion Plot to Reengineer Society and Mark Zuckerberg’s Dangerous Future Plans for Tech Addiction” (Seamus Bruner, Breitbart) * “Pope Francis…

94 Christmas Letters…and Counting

Yesterday our home was the setting for Vital Signs Ministries’ 2 Christmas card parties (the December “edition” of our quarterly letter-writing parties) with 6 of us involved in the morning brunch event and 7 of us getting busy in the evening. The total of cards and letters from those events?  94. Wow. Nice job, guys!…

The Top 5 (November 25)

* “Abortion, Miscarriage, and the Reality of an Unborn Child” (Mary Szoch and Katherine Beck Johnson, Washington Stand) * “What Makes Hamas Worse Than the Nazis” (Andrew Roberts, Washington Free Beacon) * “The infernal choice behind the hostage deal” (Melanie Phillips, Jewish News Service) * “The Biden Administration Finances Iran’s Terrorism” (Hugh Iwanicki, American Thinker) * “Government Deceit” (John Stossel, Daily Signal)

Work and Rest…At the Same Time?

All over town — all over America — people are busy because Thanksgiving looms before us. Some are in the ever increasing hassles of travel; some are beginning the preparations for Thursday’s feast; others are doing the last of the lawn chores, putting up the outside Christmas lights, draining the lawn hoses, and trying to…

But be doers of the word,
and not hearers only.