by Neal Eckert | Feb 24, 2017 | Prayer
A father and mother, now grey-headed, had but one son. He was born to them at the end of a woman’s ability to deliver a child. The eight-year-old boy’s name was Marcus and he had Down syndrome. The family seemed homely to many. There wasn’t much outward charm. But...
by Neal Eckert | Feb 19, 2017 | God's Forgiveness, God's Love, Heaven
The Same and Different A man lies in a hospital bed dying of cancer, his emaciated body filled with suffering. He is ghastly. Another man struts through a nearby office building in the prime of life, wealthy and in need of nothing. He is handsome. Could there be a...
by Neal Eckert | Feb 17, 2017 | God's Forgiveness, God's Love
Fuzzy, Dead Caterpillars My seven-year-old daughter’s curiosity for bugs borders on obsession. Today, she found a dead caterpillar in our garage that came to life in our mild winter and promptly died. She located its lifeless body and held it in her hand, curiosity...
by Neal Eckert | Feb 12, 2017 | Prayer
Put off by the title? Don’t be. My goal isn’t to judge you. My goal is to wake you. Nor is my purpose to cause you to throw your hands up and say, “Why pray!” That would be a fool’s errand. Complete idiocy. Rather, my aim is to start unraveling the greatest plague of...
by Neal Eckert | Feb 9, 2017 | Spiritual Warfare
Enough With Your Words! Mr. Psychologist, I don’t fully understand. You say that words can’t hurt us unless we let them. Yes, intellectually that’s true. If we were machines, then your advice would work like magic in real life. I wish I was a...
