This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Mephibosheth is hardly a household name. Thank goodness. Imagine the t-ball games with Mephibosheth at bat. “You got this, Meph!” Or little Mephibosheth rounding the bases. “Go, Shethie, go!”.
No, thankfully, Mephibosheth is not a household name. It’s a name that appears only briefly in scripture. Yet, his short story speaks volumes to us about the power of fathers to shape our lives for good.
Mephibosheth was the son of Jonathan and the grandson of Saul, [Read more…]
Below is the text of a Bible study, offered to the church leadership at First Pres, prior to a gathering at which we discussed the future of the church in light of declining attendance patterns.
Earlier this week, the Gospel Coalition advertised a special podcast entitled, “How to Raise an Alien Child.” Hey, I thought, now there’s a class I could teach. I often wonder if my children are from another planet. [Read more…]
This summer, we began the great rite of passage that is campus tours. Our daughter took her very first tour in June. A lovely admissions officer named Katie introduced us to the University of Colorado at Boulder, and an equally lovely (though slightly confused) young woman named Dani showed us around. My daughter’s 15-year-old ego was suitably unimpressed.
“What did you think?” [Read more…]
