



“I get knocked down, but I get up again—and you’re never gonna keep me down!” Those are the lyrics of a song from the 90’s by a British punk band called Chumbawamba—and are also the…

HEART GUARDS Just checking—how’s your heart today? I ask because, after feeling what was akin to having an outboard motor fire up inside my chest, I wasn’t so sure about mine. I went to see…

Been to a baby shower lately? Maybe it’s just me, but what used to be fun has now become such an intricately planned, complicated, stressful and expensive event that my social antenna immediately goes on…

“You don’t fall in love. You fall into ditches. You plan your love life!” Pastor John TuranskyPacific Islands Bible ChurchMililani, Hawaii That way of thinking seemed totally wrong and completely weird to me when I first heard it! I mean, aren’t…

Do you re-read books? I’ll bet you do. Maybe not Marguerite Young’s Miss Macintosh, My Darling (a mere 1,198 pages!) but, if a child you spend any time with has a favorite picture book, I’ll bet you…

Have you ever asked a child, “So, how was school today?”I bet you got a quick, “okay” or “fine,” for an answer. Right?After I returned from the Florida Christian Writers Conference a few folks have…