Chocolate Chip Cookies

A Little Lesson in Omnipresence Last time I baked chocolate chip cookies, I discovered a crisis in my kitchen: My favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe had disappeared. For years I had saved an empty bag of chips because the recipe on its back resulted in the best chocolate chip cookies I’d ever baked. I had carefully […]


A Walk Through the Valley of the Shadow, Part One

Lead the Way, Lord!New believers sometimes imagine God as the Holy vending machine, standing by to dispense everything we request. Others believe salvation promises that no bad things will ever come our way again. But God works in His ways, which surpass our understanding. Walking with Christ is no guarantee of a life free of […]


Jesus Gave me Socks

Heroes at Cook’s Corner. October 22, 2007. Crisis and Inconvenience: A Lesson in Pridefulness and Dependence We invited Rich’s parents to join us for dinner on Sunday, October 21, 2007. We passed a splendid afternoon together. Fifteen minutes after they left our home, Rich’s dad phoned us to say that he had spotted smoke while […]