Happy birthday to the church!

In case you missed it, May 14th was Ascension Day—the day Jesus left His disciples and rose to heaven. (By the way, I missed it too.) For some reason, we don’t celebrate Ascension Day, but Pentecost, which occurs ten days later, gets much more recognition, and rightly so; it is considered the birthday of the church.

When you’re stuck with God

I don’t understand why people tell me I am so noble for staying with my wife despite all her health issues. What is so noble about it? I love her! When I married her, I made a vow to her and to God to be with her “for better and worse, for good times and bad, in sickness and in health, until death do us part,” and I don’t plan to leave her just because she has the misfortune of being sick with an incurable, debilitating disease. Apparently, this must be uncommon in today’s world.

Why I go to First Baptist

Before I lived in the DC area, I worked for the federal government in Louisville, KY. When the federal government, in its infinite wisdom, decided to close the office where I worked in 1994, I had a choice: transfer to either St. Louis or the DC area, or be laid off (RIFed, if you speak federal government). I chose to move to Reston, VA, to work.

Why doesn’t Vicki come to church?

When Bill met Vicki

Many of you may have noticed that my wife hasn’t been to church lately. There’s a reason for that, but first, let me tell you a bit more about her.

There are no atheists on top of rockets!

If you were like me last week, you kept following the news about Artemis II and its four astronauts. I was only three years old when Apollo XI landed on the moon and had only a vague memory of Apollo XVII’s return, so I eagerly watched and hoped for Artemis II’s success until they safely came back to Earth. Thank God they made it home safely.