Jeremiah Book
The Jeremiah book was published in February, 2026. Read it in your browser or download it to you device. Read the Jeremiah Book
New Direction in the New Year
Dear Wake Up Family: I chose to send a letter this month instead of an article because what I have to say is informative rather than thought provoking; think of it as a Christmas letter from a family member to catch you up on what’s happened at Wake Up throughout the year. To say that […]
Numb to Sin
Dear Wake Up Family: Have you noticed that we never hear sin called by its plain old-fashioned name anymore? These days, a drunk is not a sinner, he’s just a sick man in need of treatment. Liars aren’t liars and thieves aren’t thieves, they’re simply embellishing their social media profiles or made mistakes while tallying […]
Lost, While Believing You’re Safe
Dear Wake Up Family: On 22 March 1978, I watched Karl Wallenda, the tight-rope walker, lose his balance and fall ten stories to his death as he attempted to walk across a high wire strung between two towers in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I was fourteen then, but have never forgotten that television program or […]
Last Days of a Worn-out World
Dear Wake Up Family: On the morning of 2 June 2025 around 11 am, Mount Etna erupted. Video of the event showed an ashen, soot-filled smoke cloud rising 4 miles into the air. Soon after the initial eruption, a hot pyroclastic lava flow began streaming from its summit. Because the mountain is in southern Italy, […]
Grief, Pain, Suffering, Suicide
Dear Wake Up Family: Several days ago, someone reached out to me and asked if I could help. She knew that Larry must have written an article on the subject of suicide and desperately needed to share it with a friend whose dad had taken his own life. Her dear friend was struggling with understanding […]
Being Chosen
Dear Wake Up Family: My grandparents adopted me in 1963. Back then, parents did that when their daughters were underage and unwed. I always called them mom and dad; I never knew them as anything else…until I was seven. One evening, about 10 days before starting first grade, mom had me come and lay beside […]
What Used to Be
Dear Wake Up Family: New Year’s Day historically is a time of reflection. A time for new habits, new beginnings, positive changes that take life in a new direction: something that redirects life so that we are now different than we were. A new birth, if you will. Recently, at a country store near our […]
Trouble is Coming
Dear Wake Up Family: If you were driving your car and came to a railroad crossing, its lights flashing and gates lowered, would you rush around them to be on your way? No one in their right mind would do that. A flashing red light means, “Danger! There’s trouble ahead. Be Careful.” Before the flood, […]