Interstate 5, at night, is one of the darkest, loneliest roads, especially back in 1980. It feels like there are no services open for 200 miles. We were moving from Southern California to the Bay Area. I was driving with the first heavy load in the trailer while my wife stayed home with our child.... Continue Reading →
The Black man, Tom, glared at me across the dinner table. He growled, “You are prejudiced. If two white men were fighting, you might break them up. If a White and a Black were fighting, you might even break them up, cause one is white, but if two blacks were fighting, you would never break... Continue Reading →
We stood on the beach of the island and wondered how we were going to get to the top. One brother chose a route that started easy but became almost impossible. Another brother went up the steady slope. I followed my sister’s fiancee and my sister followed me up a very steep slope to half... Continue Reading →
Sam picked up a scrap piece of wood that had a sharp end and was about to stab Tim in the back when Mary noticed and screamed. Tim turned around and grabbed Sam’s wrist and cast out the demon. Sam jerked back, and after some more convulsions, came to. It had started so innocently, they... Continue Reading →
I asked my wife an innocent question, “What did you get for allowance as a child?” She looked at me funny and asked back, what did you get. As a sucker, I responded innocently, “$40 a month, but I had budget to buy my clothes with that money.” Regina gave me that you don’t have... Continue Reading →
Some say, “Women shouldn’t teach or lead in the Church.” Again, this has so many problems. First, it says, “I do not allow …” Those some say, "Each and every word is inspired by God." Then they act like those words accidentally got in the Bible. In Saudi Arabia, liberal men say that women have... Continue Reading →
I came home to find my wife curled up, having done nothing all day. Instead of giving in to anger, I asked. (It is so hard for one like me to hear that a healthy looking person has a physical problem.) She had another massive headache. We had been to the doctors, with each specialty... Continue Reading →
Everyone from the singles class at church was over. Suddenly we heard an eerie voice, “Go away, everyone go away!” Everyone stopped partying and began praying. I, instead, headed for a bedroom. I turned on the light switch, but it didn’t work. Charlie was standing in the dark, gesticulating madly. Was he armed with a... Continue Reading →
The church was spiraling downhill. It was agonizing to watch at business meetings. People would come reliably every Sunday but there were other people that they hadn’t spoken to in 20 years also attending faithfully. There was a lady who had served as senior minister and started some healing, but they would not hire her... Continue Reading →
It was the weirdest hitchhiking trip ever. Was I on the right path? When I entered the Central Valley, I got another ride, but when my exit came, he got out of the car also, as I retrieved my backpack. “May I smell your feet?” “No” “Would you kick me?” “No” “Can we have sex?”... Continue Reading →
Help from Heaven 