BETWEEN FRIENDS: A Letter

Acts 28: 1-16 From: Centurion Gaius Julius Antipor, Augustan Regiment in Caesarea, Palestine, writing from Appian Forum, Italy, on the Twenty-First day of Februarium,  810th Year from Rome’s Founding To: Officer in charge of Receiving and Detaining Prisoners,...

TO OUR FORBIDDEN GOD

from Daniel 6 My earliest childhood memory, from when I was but three years old, is of my Father holding me in the darkness of midnight, rocking me, stroking my head and telling me that everything was all right, that I was safe, and that I could stop screaming. “But...

STAYING SANE IN A ROYALLY CRAZY WORLD

Daniel 4: “I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever.” What Constitutes Crazy? What Constitutes Sanity? What is the Gift for us from this part of Israel’s...

DREAMING IN NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S PALACE: A Drama

From Daniel 2 Cast: King, Astrologer, Daniel, Narrator Narrator:1 In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled and he could not sleep.  So the king summoned the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers to tell him what he...

LIFE IN THE NON-STOP IMPERIAL SPECTACLE

DANIEL, CHAPTER 1 At first glance, today’s Bible story is about a food fight: a fight between God-given fruits and veggies, maybe whole grains too, and a rich, royal diet of exotic delicacies. Does this story only show that, if you have a choice between donuts...