I am a knight. Well, sort of.My father developed a set of “coming-of-age” ceremonies for me and my brothers based on medieval Europe’s code of chivalry. We had a “page ceremony” at eight and a “squire...  Read More

These words are such a good admonition for us. Like 1 Peter 5:8 says, “Satan prowls around us like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.” There are many things that seem so inconsequential...  Read More

A number of students, leaders, and I recently got back from a short-term mission trip to the Nogales Baptist Seminary in Nogales, Mexico. The team was involved in several work projects that included t...  Read More

When the search for ancestry became popular, my husband and I decided to take the plunge and send in our DNA for ancestry tracing. Of course, my husband’s results came back 100% Italian. My results we...  Read More

I was a Youth Pastor in Chicago for ten years. I had a huge group of public school kids and they regularly asked me, “How can I live as a Christian among my non-Christian friends at school?” I said, “...  Read More

Several years ago I began memorizing a verse or two of Scripture before going to bed; those which especially speak of God’s glory and greatness. It was to help me when waking up in the middle of the n...  Read More