The Vampire Cometh Today is the day. The vampire (aka phlebotomist) will be here at the house in just over two hours to draw my blood and ship it to Maryland for genetic testing. In four or five months, we should know the results. The neurologist explained that even a negative result does not mean […]

What Can You Say? A young boy who shoots himself; when the doctors tell the family that there is absolutely nothing else to do, the family throws everyone out of the room except the young preacher. The father through tears of anguish sobs, “Preacher, pray for my boy.” What do I say? A friend’s wife […]

10 Things You Can Do for Shut-Ins and Other Ill Folks “Justin, if there’s anything we can ever do, please let us know.” I’ve heard that statement from many of my fellow Christians, and I’ve let good brethren know from time to time how they could help me: Getting Wil from band practice because I […]

Hope and Comfort in the Trials of Life from the Word of God I like spending Friday in Scripture. If we want faith in difficult times, we need to go to Scripture; after all, faith comes from hearing the Word of Christ (Rom 10:17). Let’s think about a couple passages that will give us hope […]

My Heart Problem Heart problems run in my family. My dad’s mother had a heart attack when I was in the fifth grade; they lost her three or four times on the way to the hospital, but the paramedics were able to revive her. She required a pacemaker and lived for another 22 or so […]