A Bible Study That Wasn’t

A Bible Study That Wasn’t

(continued from Tuesday’s note)   Did I mention that I was totally in the dark concerning the details of this evening in early March? Did I also happen to mention that the instant I was going through the front doors of the castle, I was struggling big time against the...
A Night of Twists

A Night of Twists

It was while we were living in France. It was a cold, Wednesday evening, our weekly Bible study evening. Sue and I were ready to leave for Nicole’s house where it would take place. We were taking a couple with us this particular Wednesday, so after waiting for them,...
Kudos where kudos are due

Kudos where kudos are due

I wish you could have met her. She was special. It was at Hildegarde United Baptist Church that she intersected with my young life as my Sunday School teacher several years in a row. I never thought of her having a life between Sundays. She only was real to me once a...
Crossing Borders

Crossing Borders

Your mindset, on arriving in a foreign country for a two- or three-week vacation, is lighthearted, happy, expectant of adventures. Your brush with the culture will just skim the top, with a few awkward, tourist-type gaffes. If you attempt the language, it is...
Way More than We Know

Way More than We Know

Of all the disciples, maybe, for Jesus, Peter ‘took the cake.’ Maybe it was Peter’s impetuous nature that caused Jesus to stifle a giggle most often (like parents who don’t want to be caught smiling after one of their children has done something naughty, but in the...