Mixing with Madness, Book 2 in my Blender Adventure series, has launched! The series includes four novels about a blended family (for readers ages 8-12 and above). Spring break promises 12-year-old Emily Hanford a long-awaited vacation, basking in the sun on Cancun’s white beaches. But a global pandemic sweeps away her holiday dream and surges … Continue reading Mixing with Madness
Have you enjoyed daily devotions this year, using Finding Faithfulness: A Year of Reading and Reflecting on God's Word? This may sound strange, coming from the author, but I have loved going through this guideline and seeing new truths in the Bible every day. Many other people have expressed their joy in using the book, … Continue reading Using Finding Faithfulness in 2024
Exciting news! Dicing with Disaster, Book 1 in my new Blender Adventures series has launched. The series includes four novels about a blended family for readers ages 8-12 (and above). What girl wants a blender for her twelfth birthday? Not Emily Hanford. But Dad’s poor gift choice fades in light of her suspicions that he’s … Continue reading Blender Adventures series launched!
I'm thrilled to announce the impending launch of my 12th published book, which has been decades in the making. Regularly reading through the Bible each year as well as my research and writing have led to this reflective Bible reading plan--just in time for implementation in 2023! Finding Faithfulness: A Year of Reading and Reflecting … Continue reading Finding Faithfulness: A Year of Reading and Reflecting on God’s Word
Have you picked up a book, settled into your favorite comfy spot, and started to read--only to find yourself less able to focus and more easily distracted than you used to be? You're not alone. Many adults are discovering a problem with their reading abilities. It's a problem Leland Ryken and I explore in Recovering … Continue reading Recovering the Lost Art of Reading
My book-boy, Matthew Vos, loves being a Cadet and longs more than anything to attend the Cadet International Camporee. Now the Cadets website offers the three books in my "Matthew in the Middle" series. Check it out here!
March 2020 may have been the longest month in history. COVID-19 spread exponentially, but time slowed to a coronavirus-induced crawl. The month came in like a lamb, bleating feeble warnings. It ended like a lion, roaring with medical and financial crisis. April seems likely to last every bit as long. The virus appears unabated, while … Continue reading Be still and know
The 2019 Spring Conference at Mid-America Reformed Seminary featured Dr. James Berry, who spoke on “Understanding the Insanity of Addiction.” Dr. Berry is Associate Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry at West Virginia University, where he also serves as the Director of Addiction Services. He is a recognized expert … Continue reading Spring conference on Addiction in Indiana
Westminster Seminary California (WSC) has announced two changes in its faculty line-up for the 2019-2020 academic year. Dr. A. Craig Troxel has accepted the appointment as Professor of Practical Theology, and Dr. J. V. Fesko has resigned from his position as Academic Dean and Vice President. Because Dr. Troxel has served the Bethel OPC in … Continue reading Faculty changes at Westminster Seminary California
An OPC congregation in Reedsburg, WI, has an opportunity to purchase a building and radically repurpose it. After changing worship locations about every three years in its less than twenty years of existence, Grace Reformed Church hopes to put down permanent roots in a former Kingdom Hall of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. More than that, the … Continue reading Converting a Kingdom Hall building into an OPC Church
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