A Message to the Weary and Burdened

Our sun is 93 million miles from earth and contains 99.99% of the mass of our solar system. To try and give some perspective–one million earths could fit inside our sun. Huge, right? But there’s a star named Betelgeuse that is anywhere between five and thirty times larger than our sun. It’s hard to begin […]

Sandy the Destroyer

Sandy, a once-in-a-lifetime storm, cut a path of destruction across the northeastern United States over the past several days. The above picture was taken just a few miles from where I grew up. It’s hard to believe. Some areas of the Jersey Shore have been totally destroyed. The devastation is just overwhelming. And I’m only […]

The Bait and Switch in Marriage

A man and a woman meet. They like each other and soon begin dating. There’s some real chemistry and things start to get serious. It’s not long before they’re talking about marriage. She’s attracted to him because he’s so attentive to her. He asks her questions and actually listens to her answers. She loves their […]

What is Heaven Like? (Part 1 of 2)

For many years, I had a completely wrong view of heaven. I used to think we’d float around in some spiritual dimension, I guess as spirits, because I didn’t really see us having actual bodies like we do now. I imagined this spiritual realm would be very bright. That’s about it. I knew it would […]