Author: jmarkfox

December 6, 2010 There is little that compares with the joy of anticipation. It is almost as much fun as when that thing you are hoping for finally arrives. Remember when you were little and Christmas was three weeks away, like it is now? All of us probably have a story to tell about things … Continue reading Great joy can be found in anticipation

November 29, 2010 Dick and I were standing in the airport in Nairobi, waiting to get our boarding pass for the flight home, he to Nashville, me to Burlington. Dick is a well-respected businessman, at the top of his field in health care management, and just an all-around nice guy. We had been in Kenya … Continue reading How much do you hate sin?

November 22, 2010 What does a young lady do that wants to be married but hasn’t been asked? World Magazine reported on one option: “Growing old in a culture that promotes families and denigrates old maids, a 30-year-old Taiwanese office worker has decided to marry the only person she knows will have her: herself. Chen … Continue reading Where have all the men gone?

November 15, 2010 The people in Acts 12, listening to Herod give a speech, shouted, “The voice of a god and not a man!” They were in the flesh and so was he and soon he was in the grave. When he received the praise of men, an angel of the Lord struck him, because … Continue reading Come let us worship

November 8, 2010 In his book, “The Unquenchable Flame,” Michael Reeves tells the story of the Reformation, a movement led by people like Luther, Calvin and Zwingli that pitted belief in the authority of the Bible against the authority of Rome and the Pope. Reeves devotes a chapter to the man he called “God’s volcano.” … Continue reading A Volcano for God: Martin Luther

November 1, 2010 I noticed a few days ago that there was a huge hole in the backyard where a tree used to be, a sugar maple that we bought and planted this week. Then, on my way to work, I saw the tree in my neighbor’s yard! There it was, and you could see … Continue reading Cedars, Palms and you