The Other Person in the Room

The Other Person in the Room

Picture yourself and just one other person in a dentist’s waiting room (think pre-COVID, even pre-smart phone days). Do you attempt a conversation? Maybe, depending on your personality. And it could turn into a nice visit. But if the person ignores you, do you feel...
Castaway No More

Castaway No More

You’ve been carrying around a COVID bubble for well over a year now. It’s like the old concept of “personal space,” only bigger—a six-foot-radius circle. This bubble is inherently distancing and isolating. Most of us have felt lonely. Some real human needs are not met...
Seeing… or Not Seeing

Seeing… or Not Seeing

The crowd cried out, “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!” “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will...
The Other Side of the Battle

The Other Side of the Battle

We tend to think of spiritual warfare only from the perspective of the Satanic realm warring against believers, as dramatized in C.S. Lewis’ Screwtape Letters. But God also battles, both against sin and to win lost souls from Satan’s domain. For example: Then the Lord...
Prepared for Lightning

Prepared for Lightning

We never saw it coming. It was a beautiful summer day near Chetek, WI, so as we entered the restaurant, we asked the server if we could sit out on the deck, close to the lake. Miles away, across Lake Chetek, and far beyond the town of Chetek, we could see the clouds....