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Laura confessed that she saw yesterday’s subject line and got a little nervous. “The political entity known as the ‘Tea Party’ scares me,” she wrote. “I find more and more non-Christians figure that I’m at least a conservative Republican if … Continue reading →

Here is our evening routine: If I haven’t written the Catch in the morning, I help get Chandler down and then head to my office to write. Tonight things were rolling along as expected—even a little ahead of the game—when … Continue reading →

Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor. (1 Peter 2:17) “R-E-S-P-E-C-T/Find out what it means to me.” Aretha had it right. Everyone wants it; not everyone gets it. Followers of Jesus should … Continue reading →

Our thoughts today are the courtesy of Peter from Canada. He sent me this some time ago and I just found it and thought we would all benefit. My father had Alzheimer’s. He changed from a loving, robust, active, humorous, … Continue reading →

  The closing illustration in my chapel talk yesterday was taken from a favorite book I used to read my children. (If you don’t know what chapel I’m talking about, check out the last two Catches.) It’s a Sesame Street … Continue reading →

Today is my second and final talk to the students at Olivet Nazarene University. If you didn’t read yesterday’s Catch, you might want to do that since this will pick up where I left off, which was to send them … Continue reading →

So I am writing this from the office of the Chaplain at Olivet Nazarene University. They have me in a lovely guest housing but the campus controls the Internet and I can’t get in on my laptop, so Chaplain Holcomb … Continue reading →

Marti talked yesterday about “reaching outside the walls of ourselves” and I tremble a little when I hear that. I am so aware of those protective walls when I am around others. I like to stay in my shell. I … Continue reading →

[Today Marti reminds us of our mission.] For as long as I have known John, which is more years than I care to admit, he has sought to create bridges among people within the church to those out beyond its … Continue reading →

Let’s think some more about asking questions. Often people don’t ask questions because they are afraid of looking stupid. We’ve all experienced this. Some teacher is going on and on about who knows what and you are sitting there nodding … Continue reading →