We were deep in the mountains of northern Georgia, and it was the middle of the night when I heard my brother whisper, “I’ve got to go.” Books have been written on the difficulty of answering the call of nature while in the woods. With several years of backpacking in...
We were on our way to eat South Carolina Low Country barbecue, hash and rice when he pulled out in front of us and began driving erratically. The driver swerved from side to side, barely missing several head-on collisions. Several episodes of veering off the road made...
"I have tickets for the KISS concert. Want to go?" My friend asked.As a hippie child, my answer was a resounding "Yes!" Of course I wanted to go. Who wouldn't want to hear Ace Frehley play lead guitar or Gene Simmons fork out his oversized tongue? Their makeup and...
"I sinned with a high hand," he said.Though nurtured by a Christian mother during his early years, John Newton followed in his father's image after his mother died of tuberculosis. He lost his first job with the merchant navy because of "unsettled behavior and...
Grieving is as specific to the person as it is to the circumstances themselves.I watched various measures of grief when my father died. As I faced my final chances to tell him how much I loved him and what a wonderful father and Christian example he had been to me, I...
Craving what others have blinds one to the riches they possess.Dad introduced me to him. He called him the green-eyed monster and warned me about the consequences of letting him catch me. To a young boy, the idea of a real monster was extremely frightening. I...
God loves us too much to leave us where we are.Recently, I watched as an emotionally disturbed mother drove her van full of children into the ocean in an attempt to end her life and theirs. Fortunately, rescuers converged upon the scene and successfully salvaged them....