Topics to ponder

A few months ago I wrote to about 1500 graduates of the leadership training courses that I’m involved with. I included the results of a survey recording the locations where…

Do either you or your spouse squeeze your toothpaste tube in the middle? How do you respond to a person who does? Or with one who is irritated by it?…

Two Blessings: I speak English but not Greek or Hebrew so I missed out on the concept that our English word ‘blessing’ actually encompasses two words and definitions in original…

Canadians have a custom which emphatically differentiates them from Americans. We take our shoes off at the door. The Maori people of New Zealand also practice this, but for an…

When Jeremiah called on Jaazaniah, he couldn’t knock on his door. Jaazaniah didn’t have one. (Jer 35) His tent had a doorway but nothing that he could lock, or that could…

There are only two references to the ‘Key of David’ in all of scripture. (Rev 3:7-8 & Isa 22:20-24) Neither one specifically defines it, but they do allude to defining…

You may have noted that I take delight in contemplating the events of some of the more unfamiliar folk in scripture. Have you ever heard of Zelophehad? With only five…

Good friend Yves, invited me to visit his Baka Village that included about seven hours of hurtling and jouncing over what he described as a road through the jungles of…

These “Beaver Tale” homilies that you get from me are an “iron sharpening iron” exercise … inviting your input to enlighten my contemplations. One of my ongoing delights is discovering,…

Uganda is a beautiful and lush country. I’ve just returned from a couple weeks of formal and informal meetings with leaders there. There were 19 leaders. Most have several other…