“In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.” (Psalms 5:3) The column I recently wrote about my diet inspired a reader from Roxboro to telephone me the other night. “Could you help me?” she said. “I don’t know what to do!” I understood her pain. I’ve gained a lot more weight than I’ve ever lost and will never forget the depression and sense of defeat that accompanies weight gain. In fact, my own doctor […]

“The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.” (Proverbs 27:12) I was saddened to learn about John F. Kennedy, Jr.’s death last month. He exuded some qualities that are hard to find among the rich and famous. Come to think of it, humility, grace, good manners, and generosity are hard to find among the not-so-rich and famous, too. Death seems to work its way earlier into the Kennedy family than it does in most other families. Why? Well it should […]

“Jesus replied, ‘What is impossible with men is possible with God’.” (Luke 18:27) Well by now all those New Years’ Resolutions that you’ve made have probably gone the way of the dinosaur: They’re nowhere to be found. That’s normally the case with me, too, but I made a New Years’ Resolution last November and asked God to help me keep it. Boy did he ever deliver, and how. I want to be absolutely sure that God gets all the credit for the testimony I am about to share […]

“He will judge the world in righteousness; he will govern the peoples with justice.” (Psalms 9:8) I am grateful for God’s grace and mercy in my life. I see it everyday and often wonder, “Why me?” But I’ve got to get something off my chest: I don’t always like the justice he doles out, especially when I’m the recipient…not one bit! The other night my eleven-year-old daughter telephoned me in a rush of panic and fear, 300 miles away. Sadly all I could do was listen. The distance […]