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“Who are we that God is mindful of us?” That is the question King David asks famously in Psalm 8, and a question that came to my mind while standing on a glacier in Canada. Continue reading “Who Are We?”

For Wilshire Baptist Church

Saturday night we watched a football game we had recorded earlier in the day. We knew the outcome and so there wasn’t the usual tension and angst that comes with not knowing if a good play will seal victory or a fumble is a harbinger of defeat. We already knew that our team had won. Continue reading “Touchdowns and Wedding Vows”

For Wilshire Baptist Church

Lately I’ve been concerned about widows and orphans. No, not women and children, but that does come to mind. Let me explain.

I’m working on the final details of a new book, and in the jargon of book design and layout, a “widow” is the last line of a paragraph that sits at the top of a page, while an “orphan” is a last line of a paragraph at the bottom of a page. Visually, orphans are not so noticeable unless they are very short. But widows can look like a mistake. Continue reading “Widows and Orphans”