The coronavirus pandemic is uppermost in virtually all our minds right now. Not just because the bug can make us ill. Hospitals are already overworked, but they’re also quickly becoming understaffed as schools close in the face of the crisis. Ending a sports season before it starts hurts the income-producing ability of everyone from hot dog vendors and ticket sellers to sports franchises. It’s hurt me financially, too. When a medical conference is canceled, doctors don’t need my medical writing services to create their abstracts, posters, or PowerPoint presentations….
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Subbing for God
Life is full of substitutions. Often that connotes making do with something less than the ideal—like subbing fennel seeds for anise or subbing a second-string pitcher for an injured closer. Hopefully a good swap works nearly as well as the real deal….
Called to Live Dangerously
Do you consider yourself a dangerous person?…
Prosthetic Faith: Life with a Limp
John Piper said we advance through life with a limp. My neighbor walked that out literally and spiritually….
Redemption in a Second Chance
Have you watched Sight & Sound Theatres’ production of Moses (available on Amazon)? It’s a stunning, biblically faithful depiction of the patriarch’s life, and I heartily recommend it. While watching it for probably the sixth time, something hit me. Hard….
Passion, Power, and Purpose
What keeps you going when continuing doesn’t make sense?…
Why I Dig Research and Biblical History
I write biblical and historical fiction. And I love it….








