February 7th is “National Send a Card to a Friend Day“. What a wonderful notion. Send a random card to someone you know. You could take the YouVersion verse of the day, write it on a card, and mail it to a friend.… Read the rest

I absolutely love this tweet by former Britannica editor, John M. Cunningham. A painting of Martin Luther who just nailed his 95 theses to the door. Across the image is the text in all caps MARTIN LUTHER’S NINETY-FIVE THESESJohn tweets “Yeah, I’m into NFT”.… Read the rest

2021 Lent devotional Missing out on your Lent devotion book from church? Here’s a free PDF booklet you can print out at home! With many people staying at home from church, you may not have the opportunity to pick up an Lent devotion book.… Read the rest

Tonight on January 21, 2021, at 9:21:21 p.m., it will be the 21st second of the 21st minute of the 21st hour of the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century. Time to read the 21st book of the Bible, Ecclesiastes!… Read the rest

2020 Advent devotional Missing out on your Advent devotion book from church? Here’s a free PDF booklet you can print out at home! With many people staying at home from church, you may not have the opportunity to pick up an Advent devotion book.… Read the rest

“The Shadow of Death” by Frederick Stacpoole, 1878 Since Joseph is a carpenter, it’s most likely that Jesus learned the carpenter trade from his earthly father. At the very least perhaps Jesus spent a lot of his life hanging around Joseph’s carpentry tools.… Read the rest

My easter decorations The Easter season is technically 50 days long. Churches recognize every Sunday after Easter as “Second Sunday of Easter”, “Third Sunday of Easter”, etc, all the way until Pentecost. We can have Easter decorations up for 50 days after Easter!… Read the rest

Whenever you open a new tab in Chrome, the favicon of the website appears in the tab. This favicon is a super-tiny icon for the website. A mere 15×15 pixels in size. The favicon for Google’s online spreadsheet program looks like a cross!… Read the rest

Last year my wife and I were overjoyed to welcome our second daughter into the world. At her baptism, my twin brother made a baptism log. He carved a cross and dove into a birch log. (The home we grew up in had a birch tree in front of the house).… Read the rest