Healing Hereafter

In working with college students, I have the wonderful privilege of celebrating many new marriages. It is a beautiful thing to see these young adults reach milestones in their relationship and lives you always wanted for them the moment you met them. But it's even more beautiful when you realize...

Aw, ain't he just the cutest little thing? Regardless of your response, the correct answer is actually "Yes, yes he is." But to humor any of you potential detractors out there, I will admit that it wasn't always easy for me to think of our youngest son in such a way...and still isn't when he gets...

Perhaps this rings a bell: you're in a difficult class, your teacher or prof is explaining something really complex, and you are about ready to completely give up having any chance of understanding it. And then she says those magic words, "That was a lot of info, but I summarized what you really...

Or in my son's case, sacrificing the tree for the branch! He has this little quirk that my wife and I have noticed in him from even his earliest days: An inexplicable antagonism toward trees. He's not afraid of them, and he's never had a bad experience with them (to our knowledge). He just likes...

Well, it took 30 years, but I've finally witnessed a fully functioning Mousetrap board game! We had about 2/3 of one when I was a kid, and try my best, I couldn't figure out what the missing pieces were or did. This was maddening, as I just knew the mouse trap contraption would be awesome once...

It's a mixed blessing. At a certain point in child development—and I suspect that no parent escapes this—your adorable tot will start giving you the play-by-play of every event that occurs. Not by reporting them like a supercharged sportscaster, but rather by asking why each of them is taking...

There are many people who believe we must choose between logic and faith, that atheism is a sign of objective thought while theism is a sign of subjective belief. To their credit, they rightly point out that appealing to sacred texts or subjective experiences to “prove” the existence of a deity is...

We've all been hoodwinked at one time or another, whether by getting tricked instead of treated on Halloween, by a salesperson who misrepresented a product in way we wanted to hear, or by a politician who employed persuasive promises that weren't so convincing after he/she was elected. It's...

The whole point of the book series Healing Hereafter is not only to heal people's understanding of the biblical hereafter but also to help heal the more immediate hereafters of the world's poorest. Although you can instantly download all or any part of the series that interests you for free, you...

I'm excited to share an experience with you, since it gave me plenty of food for thought. Well, actually it was really just thought since I couldn't stay long enough for the free desserts! Shoulda planned that better. I attended a compelling, sobering, and thought-provoking seminar given by Robert...