This is a slightly revised update from an earlier blog, originally posted September 4, 2023. My mother texted me last week and attached a picture she had taken. This is what she sent: I found this in Dad's wallet in March 2022 after he was gone. This is a note he had carried in his wallet since 2007, written by me—a claim I had made to the Lord. I'm sure he saw it many times when he regularly purged his wallet of stuff, but he never threw it away. What I think is very interes

I love the Book of Psalms. If you've lived long enough on this fallen earth, I'm sure you do too. Our time on this fractured, groaning planet is often hard. So unpredictable. Uncertain and unnerving. Disappointing and distressing. The Old Testament's Psalms, in powerful, poetic language, speak directly to the raw realities that life eventually brings: Joy is overshadowed by sorrow. A friend becomes a foe. Godly pursuits are sabotaged by sin. Success shifts to failure. Well-be

". . .you and I, every single day, must confront ourselves with this question: Your eternal glory, Father, or my temporary, earthly gain?