Blog - Make The Vision Plain

Joseph, an adoptive parent

Nov 21, 2017

November is National Adoption Awareness month. As I have seen stories and reference to adoption this month, I have thought often about my...

Jun 24, 2017

Today I began a new chronological epoch in my yearly Bible reading as I opened the book of Acts. I always love this point in reading...

May 26, 2016

I recently celebrated a milestone 70th birthday, which got me thinking about 1970 and the major transformations in my life that occurred...

Apr 2, 2016

This year I am following the Bible Project reading plan and this morning read 2 Samuel 8 where King David is solidifying his...

Mar 31, 2016

C. S. Lewis is one of my favorite authors. I marvel how God inspired a man with the sophisticated understanding to read much of medieval...

Feb 23, 2016

Last week I began rereading A Passion for the Impossible: The Life of Lilias Trotter. This wonderful biography by Miriam Rockness...

Feb 18, 2016

Recently, I had the privilege to join with others in praying for a friend who leaving for a distant country to volunteer at a conference...

Feb 15, 2016

Today I read through most of the book of Numbers and found myself struck again by the behavior of Moses when he is confronted with...

Feb 12, 2016

Yes there really was a dividing wall in the temple that separated the court of the Gentiles from the courts where only Jews could go. And...

Feb 11, 2016

Every orthodox Christian believes that the Bible is the inspired Word of God, and we would likely nod in agreement that every passage in...

Dec 20, 2015

If you know me at all, you know that I love books: I love to read them, to share them with others, and to talk about them. This is the...

Mar 17, 2015

Much has been written about Moses, the great leader who brought the children of Israel out of Egypt. The Sunday School version of the...