Dear Friends, Today my Bible reading took me to the story of Nicodemus, as it's told in John 3. For those of you who aren't familiar with this story, Nicodemus was a religious man - a Pharisee, actually. And the Pharisees were a sect of people who maintained extremely strict religious rules, and believed strongly that their way of thinking and living was superior to anyone else’s. By the world's standards, Nicodemus was an extremely holy man. But he had one problem: he wasn't

Dear Friends, Have you ever had one of those days where you thought that if you had known what was going to happen that day, you would have just stayed in bed and pulled the covers over your head? I have. Actually, over the past few weeks I’ve had several of those days, as it seems like there have been an unusual amount of challenges and struggles all happening at the same time. The result is that there have been lots of days when I have felt like staying in bed would have be

Dear Friends, It seems to me that when it comes to making decisions, for the most part people can be divided into two categories: those who are decisive, and those who are not. I tend to be one of the decisive types, whereas my wife Bonnie is not so much. For example, once when we were on an airplane, sitting all the way at the back, Bonnie could not make up her mind about what sort of soft drink to get from the flight attendant. She thought and thought about it while the fli

Dear Friends, This morning I found myself stuck in rush-hour traffic. It was a frustrating place to be, as I had a lot to do and not enough time to get it done. Each time the light turned green, I had renewed hope that I would make it through the intersection - and each time, I found myself disappointed. After several rounds of this, I ended up two cars away from the light, feeling confident that I would make it through the next time. The light turned green, and as I began to