Advent 2021

Sometimes the name Hezekiah is used to joke about quotations that are supposedly in the Bible but really aren’t. People will say something like, “‘Cleanliness is next to godliness’ is found in Hezekiah 3:16.” While there is no book of Hezekiah in the Bible, there...

Ahaz was a king of Judah, one of the long list of names we know from the books of Kings and Chronicles. He is also featured in Isaiah (and Micah) though perhaps we often forget this connection. He was arguably the worst, most ungodly monarch in the history of Israel...

As I face retirement after 35 years of working as a nurse for the State of California, two words come to mind: pride and humility. While employed, I took pride in receiving a steady paycheck and working overtime for Items I could not afford otherwise. The company of...

My dad’s brother married my mom’s sister. Two brothers married two sisters. I know it sounds a bit weird, but upon closer inspection it’s not quite as weird as it appears, and as a result, I have some super-cousins (I’ve coined this original term), connected both on...

When things are starting to fall apart it is difficult to know what to do. Rehoboam inherited a kingdom that was starting to fall apart and he at least had the thought to ask advisors what to do. Unfortunately, he followed the bad advice. The people of the kingdom...

When I was seven, my parents and grandparents decided to sell their homes in Granada Hills and pool their money to buy a fourplex in Huntington Beach. For many years, my family, with me being the baby of seven, resided in the large front section, Unit A. My Grandpa...