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Many people wonder about the addictive nature of drugs and other substances. If you are interested in this issue, I have written several articles on this topic over the years and will include the resources to one on Cannabis Use Disorder I wrote in 2020. Using marijuana (cannabis) does not necessarily mean a person has…

One verse that has been incredibly misunderstood by so many is, “forgetting what lies behind” in Phil. 3:13. Somehow, we get the idea that looking at past issues in order to resolve the internal conflicts raging within us is wrong. Past experiences are, however, deeply relevant both to our present and to our future. Our…

“For since the creation of the world, His invisible nature and attributes – that is, His eternal power and divinity – have been made intelligible and clearly discernible in and through the things that have been made – His own handiworks” (Rom. 1:20 Amp). One morning as I was driving to work, I was praying…

This page contains some of drawings people have shared with me over the years. Most of it comes from Just Before Dawn, a book I wrote several years ago.    

Every trauma survivor knows about silence – the dead stillness in the house at night that wraps its cold arms around the silent soul of a child who is too afraid to cry out. The silence of family members who either know, or at least suspect that something isn’t quite right with their loved one,…

Questions.  Answers only come as a result of asking them. The problem for many of us is that all too often, we don’t even know what the questions are, or if we do, we’re ashamed or afraid to ask them – at least out loud. The truth is that God invites us, over and over…