Have you ever been in an attic full of wonderful treasures from the past? A dusty attic can give life to family history with each cherished memento. Through the years, I heard many stories of my grandfather and his plane, but all from so long ago. When I was given his logbooks, written in his…
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Let’s keep learning this summer
There are several new resources coming out right now so I thought I’d pause and pass those on. Ray Vander Laan has a new volume for the That The World May Know series, entitled “Israel’s Mission.” If you are not familiar with this series, it is an outstanding way to learn the Bible in context.…
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Drought
California is largely desert, but that’s easy to forget. In the midst of this desert we grow beautiful green lawns and luscious fruit, all because we bring in water artificially. We fool ourselves … until a drought hits. Israel, too, is mostly desert. Cisterns are dug to catch rain or the occasional flood. But cistern water isn’t fresh.…
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Christmas is over and the New Year approaches. We find ourselves surrounded with year-in-review lists – biggest news headlines, blockbuster movies, celebrity passings and remembrances. Especially fun are the lists for predictions in the New Year and a look back to the prediction results of the prior year. As I ponder 2014, I see the…
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