We live close to train tracks that carry freight cars all day, all night. Frequently - especially on weekends - you will find trainspotters standing around, camp chairs set up, binoculars, old style video recorders in hand, phones at the ready as they wait for the scheduled engine to pass by. I can't relate to this passion, but I can appreciate how this is fun for them. To me, watching someone enjoy a niche interest, or seeing someone with a unique talent points to a Creator

This post was originally published 6 years ago. I stand in the kitchen on a rainy October day eating blueberry coffee cake. My mom has been diagnosed with cancer. Life throws us this new ingredient over the summer. We add cancer to the already-full-bowl of kids and family. I count up - it's 36 doctor visits I've been to with kids, mom and myself in the past three months. I jot notes on slips of paper, struggling to remember my school Latin to understand the words the doctors

In my last post, I mentioned that I'll be working through suggesting books to read for Bible study, aka a Bible Literacy Journey. You can read that post here. Let's get started! Remember when you'd get the packing list for camp and you'd pack that Bible, flashlight, sleeping bag and pen with an intense expectation of the best week ever? Think of this as your Bible Literacy Journey packing list. (Also, I think I need a new name for it... I'll work on that.) Today we're startin

A thought has been needling my brain over the last couple of years and I have yet to do anything about it. So, what better day than today to Start A Bible Literacy Journey? I used the word Journey so you could know that I am 100% qualified to speak on the subject of the Bible. (That was a joke, you can laugh.) Foundation: I am a reader. I read a wide variety of genres and enjoy learning through the process of words. It makes the most sense to me. I am also a student of theolo