August 6, 2023

When Bob and I spoke about a week and a half ago concerning the focus of this memorial message for Nancy, he said, “Well, along with all the good news that there is in Jesus Christ, one major focus should be on suffering.” That may surprise some of you — not because you are unaware…

Somewhere near the beginning of my Christian life, I started associating sleeplessness with godliness. And for understandable reasons. The sluggard of Proverbs has long lived as a vivid character in my imagination — that buffoon who flops on his bed “as a door turns on its hinges” (Proverbs 26:14), who answers his mother’s fourth knock…