Imagine being invited to a fancy event or party, where the host is a very important or well known person, maybe an important political leader or community leader. Now imagine once you are seated, he b...  Read More

I am a knight. Well, sort of.My father developed a set of “coming-of-age” ceremonies for me and my brothers based on medieval Europe’s code of chivalry. We had a “page ceremony” at eight and a “squire...  Read More

These words are such a good admonition for us. Like 1 Peter 5:8 says, “Satan prowls around us like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.” There are many things that seem so inconsequential...  Read More

A number of students, leaders, and I recently got back from a short-term mission trip to the Nogales Baptist Seminary in Nogales, Mexico. The team was involved in several work projects that included t...  Read More

When the search for ancestry became popular, my husband and I decided to take the plunge and send in our DNA for ancestry tracing. Of course, my husband’s results came back 100% Italian. My results we...  Read More

I was a Youth Pastor in Chicago for ten years. I had a huge group of public school kids and they regularly asked me, “How can I live as a Christian among my non-Christian friends at school?” I said, “...  Read More