What do Christians do when “civilization” is overrun by the “barbarians”? A week ago I read two articles, both of them in August’s “Tabletalk” devotional, that have greatly influenced my...

The following story is an embellished retelling of something that actually happened to me. Enjoy! “Never walk the streets of old São Luís alone at night.” This piece of advice,...

The year was 1822, and Dom Pedro – the newly-minted emperor of the newly-minted nation of Brazil – had two major problems on his hands. His first headache involved the...

Death-defying taxi drivers, corrupt government officials, hordes of angry natives, Nazi robots… Wait…did you say Nazi robots? Yes. Yes we did. It’s all in a day’s work for the one...

The following is a letter I wrote to a teacher who marked my son off for using the word “Indian” in reference to the Navajos. She preferred the term “Native...