Confessions of a Green-Thumb Wannabe
September 23, 2022I wish I had a green thumb. I wish I had all the plants that Jonathan Orantes has in the background of his welcome segment...
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September 9, 2022Memorial services can be an excellent calibration point for us to remember what really matters in life. Who will make the effort to show up...
Read MoreThe Things Left Unsaid
September 2, 2022I hadn’t seen my father in five years. He wasn’t even in town for the entire week I was back home in South Africa, so...
Read MoreMirror, Mirror
August 26, 2022As the eldest of three girls, one of the most common things said to me was, “Set a good example for your baby sisters. They...
Read MoreSimple and Pure Clarity in a Fog of Confusion
August 19, 2022But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of...
Read MoreA Comedian, a Fridge, and a Letter Walk Into a Church…
August 5, 2022This is a story 8 years in the making. It starts in 2014 when I moved into my wife’s apartment after we got married. We...
Read MoreThe Bread of Life
July 21, 2022Therefore they said to Him, “What are we to do, so that we may accomplish the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the...
Read MoreFive Stars
July 14, 2022Last weekend, my family and I finally got to check out a dim sum restaurant in Chinatown that had been closed for nearly the entire...
Read MoreWhat is the Bible?
July 1, 2022On Google’s list of most-asked questions concerning Christianity, God and the Bible, the second most-asked is “What is the Bible?” Ask 10 people what it...
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