Jesus gave thanks in advance: “We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered. “Bring them here to me,” he said. And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven,...
A bath product commercial from many years ago featured a slogan that became a fixture of North American pop culture. The commercial opens with a woman surrounded by chaos in her home. We can see her tension mounting until she utters the famous words, “Calgon, take me away!” The...
I love autumn. I especially enjoy it after living in a tropical country for over a decade where there are no definitive seasons. Autumn has its own smell (the dry dead-leaf smell), its own sound (leaves that crackle as you walk through them), and its own feeling (the time-to-get-down-to-a-new-beginning-at-the-start-of-a-new-school-year...
Three years ago, we received a crystal-clear calling to go to Thailand. As we rushed about for the next nine months preparing to replant ourselves in a land we had never seen, I assured myself that this was just a three-year commitment. No problem, I thought, I can make...
