I had to apologize to Sari a while back. We were playing UNO and Sari came around the coffee table and wanted to tickle me. She poked her finger in my neck. I really didn’t want to be tickled (I hate being tickled), so I chided her: “Sari, please don’t do that. I don’t like it. Please stop.” But I…

Bart Ehrman recently wrote a book entitled: Did Jesus Exist? The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth Due to an increase in a popular conception that seeks to argue that the historical Jesus never existed, Dr. Ehrman felt compelled to write a book to: “…convince genuine seekers who really want to know how we know that Jesus did exist, as…

How do you tip? Generously or not generously? A while back I was thinking about my policy on tipping. I do not tip on performance, I tip on grace. I don’t use the amount I tip as a rating system on how well the person served me. I just like to tip generously, regardless of good or bad service. I was…

History of Main Street In the summer of 2003, I chose 39 stories in the Torah (Genesis through Deuteronomy), 39 stories in the Writings (Joshua-Nehemiah), and 39 stories in the Gospels and Acts. These 117 Bible stories comprised the core curriculum for Hayward Wesleyan Church’s Sunday school program that we eventually called Main Street (and the curriculum, Main Street Curriculum)….