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Sometimes I get asked on who my favorite child is. Of course, we love our children equally. However, we do get misunderstood from time to time. Let me explain. As a parent of four children, when one of my kids is in pain or in crisis, it is not at all difficult for my wife […]

Why is it that some early Tuesday mornings as I wake up, my legs feel weak, my head feels groggy, and my eyelids are droopy. I have all kinds of reasons why I shouldn’t bike. I say to myself, “I don’t feel like biking today.” These are excuses that can keep me in bed and […]

Growing up, I had this mistaken idea that real men don’t cry. Well, I don’t agree with that anymore. There are times in my life where I find myself crying in the middle of the night. Most of these are actually talking to God after the midnight hours. I have cried out a few times […]

At a comparative religion’s conference, the wise and the scholarly were in a spirited debate about what is unique about Christianity. Someone suggested what set Christianity apart from other religions was the concept of incarnation, the idea that God took human form in Jesus. But someone quickly said, “Well, actually, other faiths believe that God […]

I am one of those blessed people who grew up in a good home that was fairly normal and functional. There was love. My mother was a stay-at-home mom, and my dad worked long hours. We did not have a lot. There were times when we just had rice and salt for meal, but we […]