Beckett's Blog

  • Mistakes

    Mistakes . . . They're everywhere.  Seldom admitted.  Rarely addressed.  Mistakes seem to plague our lives.  Order a hamburger with no onion (I just did).  So why am I biting into...Read More

  • Cautiously Optimistic

    Paul E. Miller's book, A Praying Life, is a rich storehouse of guidance and encouragement to connect with God.  One particularly insightful observation addresses the pervasive cynicism of our age.  America was...Read More

  • 3:16

    16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.  John 3:16; ESV What is happening? Diane Sawyer of ABC Evening...Read More

  • Gloria!

    Glory . . . in scriptural language it is a virtual synonym for God's presence.  Yesterday we experienced glory in a significant way. The choir's presentation touched me deeply.  So many voices united in...Read More

  • Taking for God Granted

    Taking God for Granted . . . It has been called “practical atheism”—living as if God does not exist.  No Christian wants to live this way.  And yet, I fear we often do.  The “busyness” of life distracts...Read More

  • Walking with God in Kabul

    I remember Cheryl saying that she did not realize how much stress she was living with until the plane left the ground from Kabul and headed toward Dubai.  I experienced something similar as my trip to the land she loved...Read More