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Ravi Zacharias was my gateway drug to a vast apologetics universe. I have never personally met Ravi Zacharias; I only know him through his ministry and his books. I “met” him, got to know him through his book, “Why Suffering?” shortly after my adult daughter was killed in a car wreck in 2014.  If you…

Often we find it is the simple things that sustain us. Yesterday morning the table in many families was set for (quarantined) communion at home. The plate shown here is a replica of the mosaic on the floor of The Church of the Multiplication. This fifth-century mosaic is one of the oldest mosaics in Christian art,…

This week’s reflection is on the times of COVID-19 that we are living through. There is so much good writing out there that I often despair at adding to it.  Here is one example.  This Reflection was written a couple of weeks ago by Chaplain Dawn Malone who ministers in the Texas Medical Center in…

INTENTIONAL FAMILIES: Acknowledge and Share our Gifts and Talents This is the tenth weekly reflection, and the final blog in a series on “Forming Intentional Families.” The producers of this program wisely wrote, “Intentional means that we do more than just react to life. Instead, we must create a vision, make purposeful choices, and then…