Almost twenty five years ago, I started my advanced education at seminary when I was 47 years old. I was very interested in learning the original languages of the Bible, primarily Hebrew and Greek (I didn’t study Aramaic). I chose…
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Our oldest daughter, Kristin, turned 49 earlier this week – and that’s difficult to believe. It seems like yesterday that she was born at Presbyterian St. Luke’s Hospital in downtown Chicago. I also won’t ever forget what it felt like…
I’ve been teaching in the psalms the last month or so and as you probably know, the psalms are divided into five different sections – representing the five books of the Penteteuch written by Moses. We are currently in the…
Today, June 20, 2024, is the first day of summer for the earth’s northern hemisphere. In fact, it arrived at 4:51 p.m. eastern time this afternoon! Usually, we don’t celebrate the summer solstice until June 21st and the winter solstice…
Today is Father’s Day, 2024. Since the death of Janet’s father 11 years ago, I have assumed the role of the patriarch of the family. Nothing brings that more into focus than our Father’s Day celebration each year. And while…
Our home based Bible study group has started going through the 5th book of the Psalms. Most people don’t realize that there are 150 psalms, divided into five separate books that roughy correlate with the Pentateuch. These are the first…
Earlier this week, we witnessed the first manned liftoff of Boeing’s new Starliner spacecraft, destined to transport two astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) for about ten days before they are scheduled to return to earth. This launch was…
As we get older, and in an effort to stay sharp, Janet and I have been working on jigsaw puzzles on our kitchen table. When each of us had our annual Medicare cognitive exams, we both passed with flying colors…
It was 46 years ago today, June 2, 1978, when Dad died. It was a Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. and I was in route back to the hospital, returning there after driving home in the late afternoon to pick…
Many of us who grew up in the 1960’s were familiar with ABC’s Wide World of Sports that came on television each Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Jim McKay was the announcer of that wonderful program and he was the author…