“You only live once,” proclaims the smooth and persuasive radio voice of the Cadillac salesman, “but if it’s done right, once is enough.”
View More You Only Live OnceAuthor: Ron Carlson
You Best Pay Attention
My journey from the world of pagan rhythms to Christian harmony resembled the circuitous route of little boy Billy in the Family Circus. It zigged…
View More You Best Pay AttentionWorship As A Lifestyle
The ancient prophets of Israel, handpicked by God and ungroomed by the world (“men of whom the world was not worthy”), seldom received a warm…
View More Worship As A LifestyleCheck Under the Hood
“To tell the men from the boys, check the price of their toys!”
View More Check Under the HoodLife’s Grandest Construction Project
Attached to an e-mail from my son last night were photos of our new grandson, still safely lodged in the womb of our daughter-in-law, waiting…
View More Life’s Grandest Construction ProjectSin Cities of the Ancient World
Let’s begin with a trick question. Tyre and Sidon are:
View More Sin Cities of the Ancient WorldRubble Reality
Disembarkation from the 747-400 occurred at 5:33 am and now I’m sitting in the exact same seat I occupied ten days ago, and though it…
View More Rubble RealityWhat if We’re Right?
Growing up male in the days before clearly defined political correctness and finely tuned international sensitivity training, we boys spent much of our free time…
View More What if We’re Right?Mary, Mary? Quite Contrary!
I wonder about the freaky image burned into the Shroud of Turin – could it be the crucified Jesus Christ?
View More Mary, Mary? Quite Contrary!Radiology Today
Preparing for major surgery (they are all major when they are mine) often proves more difficult than surgery. It certainly takes longer. I’ve concluded that the medical…
View More Radiology TodayPhony Matrimony
I know firsthand of a handsome young man just this side of maturity who recently leased a new luxury car with a sticker price twice…
View More Phony MatrimonyNever Easier Than Right Now
Over the years and across the broad plains of conflict and disappointment, I’ve noted a giant disconnect among folks struggling to understand the direct relationship…
View More Never Easier Than Right NowMade in His Image
Christianity begins and ends with a spirit of intentionality. “In the beginning, God….” signals that an intelligent force acting on purpose sponsors all that we…
View More Made in His ImageLeaving the Darkness
I can’t honestly say I didn’t know better. I went into the relationship with my eyes open. I read the books, watched the training films, even listened…
View More Leaving the DarknessLaugh About the Ruts
My longtime friend and I were laughing about our time in seminary together when he reminded me of his wife’s reluctance about leaving her home…
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