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Can’t I Wing This “Sandal of Peace” at Him Just Once?

Did Jesus ever have to deal with bullies when he was growing up? As an urban gypsy, hopping from town to town, I know I had my share of them. Some of them still stand out vividly in my mind: Second grade: Elsinore California. it was “Eddie Spaghetti” who like to tease girls but specializedContinue reading “Can’t I Wing This “Sandal of Peace” at Him Just Once?”

Will That Helmet of Salvation Mess Up My Hair?

In many ways, I was lucky growing up. My parents were weird and our lives were chaotic, but we were in church most every Sunday, so my siblings and I grew up with a bible-based foundation of what was right and wrong. But that was very much the norms back when I was a kid.Continue reading “Will That Helmet of Salvation Mess Up My Hair?”

Sometimes Faith’s a bomb shelter. Sometimes it’s a surfboard.

“I was laid off” Oh God… My son Ryan had sent a text asking if his dad or I would be home for lunch. He claimed he had an announcement. Ernie was pulling a double shift, and I wouldn’t be home until after 8 pm, so no. Neither of us would be available. “So what’sContinue reading “Sometimes Faith’s a bomb shelter. Sometimes it’s a surfboard.”

Why Does My Breastplate Smell Like Chicken?

I didn’t have much of a childhood. It was more like a roadmap. My parents were urban gypsies. They were constantly moving: running from bill collectors, seeking something better, dragging us 4 kids along for the ride. My brother Jon claims he counted out 44 different homes before we graduated from high school. He couldContinue reading “Why Does My Breastplate Smell Like Chicken?”

If You’re Gonna Fight Some Dragons, You Need a Good Belt (or, Cinching up the Belt of Truth)

“Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness…” Ephesians 6:14 Back in high school, about a century ago, I had my life all planned out: finish high school, go to art school, become an illustrator for Disney, or start my own comic script rivaling Peanuts in popularity. DisneyContinue reading “If You’re Gonna Fight Some Dragons, You Need a Good Belt (or, Cinching up the Belt of Truth)”

“We Lost Track at 164 Fractures”

“Hi Sis. I just got off the phone with Barb. A car fell on Jon.” That’s not the phone call you expect when you’re on your way to a wedding. That’s the phone call that makes you forget how to breathe. I had just called my brother Jon the day before. Close in age, theContinue reading ““We Lost Track at 164 Fractures””

The Fortitude of Job

“Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped. And he said: ‘Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.’” Job 1:20-21. In theContinue reading “The Fortitude of Job”

“Look, Dad! Grandpa’s Naked!”

“And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father Noah and told his two brothers. But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father’s nakedness.” GenesisContinue reading ““Look, Dad! Grandpa’s Naked!””

Why Didn’t You Die, Adam?

And the LORD God commanded the man, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” Genesis 2:16-17 NKJV I used to wonder why Adam andContinue reading “Why Didn’t You Die, Adam?”

When God Turned on the Light

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. Genesis 1:3 Am I the only one who was perplexed that Light was the first thing God called into being, yet the sun wasn’t created until the fourth day? Day one: light. Day two: the earth’s atmosphere. Day three: land, sea and plants. DayContinue reading “When God Turned on the Light”