Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Let It Snow December 8, 2025 Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. ~ Isaiah 1:18 NIV ~ I never did like snow very much. Please don't ask how we ended up in Canada, of all places, because when everyone is all excited to see the first flakes of snow, I'm the one who is grumpy. ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR An Angel Tree and the Child in Me December 7, 2025 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. ~ Luke 6:38 NIV ~ "Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR The Deformed Christmas Tree December 5, 2025 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known. ~ 1 Corinthians 13:12 NIV ~ "For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known." (1 Cor. 13:12 NIV) ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR The Announcement December 3, 2025 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them. ~ Luke 2:9 NIV ~ "An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them." (Luke 2:9 NIV) "Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, 'Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR A Haunting Memory December 1, 2025 Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. ~ James 1:27 NIV ~ "Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you." (James 1:27 NIV) ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Tears in a Bottle November 30, 2025 You have collected all my tears in your bottle ~ Psalms 56:8b NLT ~ When was the last time you shed a tear, or many tears? Just this morning, while watching an online church service, I was moved to tears as I prayed for my wife during a healing prayer as offered by the church pastor. As tears rolled down my cheeks, I brushed them away with my sleeve onc ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR The Case of the Disappearing Parrot: Seeking the Lost, Part 3 November 28, 2025 God is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. ~ 2 Peter 3:9 NIV ~ These past two Fridays we have been exploring the first two of the three categories of those who are spiritually lost. We ha ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Thanksgiving in July November 26, 2025 Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. ~ 1 Thess. 5:16-18 NIV ~ "Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus." (1 Thess. 5:16-18 NIV) ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Friendship in Jesus November 24, 2025 You are my friends if you do what I command. ~ John 15:14a NIV ~ Do you have a tried-and-true friend, someone that you can pour your heart out to and trust implicitly with everything going on in your life, both good and bad? I was curious about the friends we make in our lives, so I did a Google search and discovered that on average, we make roug ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE ILLUSTRATOR Faith Is What You Do November 23, 2025 ...faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. ~ James 2:17 NIV ~ "In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead." (James 2:17 NIV) I was a young man finishing up my teaching degree at college. I was driving to a high school to do my student teaching in my 20 year o ...Continue Reading