by Neal Eckert | Feb 5, 2017 | Pursuing God
Just a Shriveled Seed Five minutes can do a lot more than you give it credit for. Think of that five minutes as a seed rather than a pointless pursuit. Put that dead and seemingly useless seed in the ground even though your inner voice whispers, “why bother?”...
by Neal Eckert | Jan 28, 2017 | God's Love, Hypocrisy and Authenticity
Up for a unique story? Good. Because I promise you haven’t heard anything like this before nor will you ever again. My greatest fear is that you’ll think I made this up. That I just got a little too creative with the keyboard. Trust me, I’m not that creative. And if...
by Neal Eckert | Jan 25, 2017 | Children, Dealing With Pain, Heaven
Dear Jeffrey, You would’ve been four the year I was born and my only older brother. That’s not how it turned out, huh? It’s crazy to think that you died during birth, unable to experience even a breath outside the womb. You were only a word frozen in time to me as a...
by Neal Eckert | Jan 22, 2017 | Dealing With Pain, Heaven, Prosperity Gospel, The Church
Dear God, If you don’t want me to flip out, you need to do your job. I have a standard of living to keep up. With love, Your Spoiled American Child Difficult Questions “Where do babies came from?” I asked my mom. “You’ll find out someday,” she said. “But when?”...
by Neal Eckert | Jan 18, 2017 | My Story
Something’s Missing The pictures were torn from our large family Bible—Every last one of them. I was a disappointed little boy. In my mind, the best part of the book was missing. I studied the rip lines which held the faintest scraps of color, trying to imagine what...
