Clifford and Colleen Find Love
It had been a rewarding but exhausting week at one of those events where my time neatly split between talking to large audiences and listening to one-souled audiences. After …
“The Vote”: What Would Mary Say?
. . . because we know she wouldn’t be allowed to vote. From private, locked-away meetings to wide-open social media forums, the 7th day Adventist Church has wrung out this …
The Love Cure for Addiction
As I researched infant bonding for my latest book, a far-reaching reality slowly dawned on me: God created us for a peace found only in love. Here’s that reality in …
Shifty Shades of Nay
I’m very grateful today that I don’t have to pay Shifty Shades of Nay any mind. Perverted sexuality doesn’t impress me. Anyone can plagiarize and twist someone else’s creation. Anyone …
The Cost of Belonging
On December 18 Mike and I packed his Saab station wagon with food, clothes, fishing rods, gifts, and Fred the dog, and set out for the shores of the Gulf …
“Who’s Allelon?”
This blog will depart from my usual gentle, winsome tone. I’ve avoided using my WordPress site as a bully pulpit, but I can no longer forbear. It’s time for a …
Summer Evenings
They settle down on a neighborhood with the gentle ecstasy of flying Frisbees and shared tomatoes. They cause a kind of intoxication, but a wholesome, allowable one. They’re perfect for …
She’s Not Playing Now: It’s a Real Wedding
In only a few weeks my oldest child will marry the love of her life. I keep seeing a little girl, dimpled cheeks pudging out from under a dress-up veil, …
God Said: “REACH Philadelphia”
“All over the world men and women are looking wistfully to heaven. Prayers and tears and inquiries go up from souls longing for light, for grace, for the Holy Spirit. …
Longings and the Same-Sex Attraction Discussion
This month my church held a summit called “In His Image: Sexuality, Scripture and Society.” The purpose of the event was to grapple with homosexuality in the context of church …