Daily life – Page 102 – Stepping Back

My Uncle Tom

Yesterday my Uncle Tom died unexpectedly. Unfortunately, I have spent the majority of my life away from my extended family. But my Uncle Tom was one of the family members I hoped would always be at any family gathering I went to. Perhaps the fondest of all memories were the Fourth of Jooly celebrations atContinue reading “My Uncle Tom”

Flight or Fight?

It seems anymore that Christians love to pick fights. It may not be the Crusades, but the battles being fought today still seem to be devastatingly harmful and unfounded (and should be extremely embarrassing for the Church). The rhetoric I hear seems to explain these fights and battles as necessary for the defense of doctrineContinue reading “Flight or Fight?”

Leaving Home

My wife Sarah and I recently made the hard decision to leave our church in the suburbs and start attending a church nearby us in the city. Our church in the suburbs had become very much our home. I started attending this church within a couple weeks of moving up to the Chicagoland area in AugustContinue reading “Leaving Home”