Dear Wake Up Family: Imagine seeing this painting by Caravaggio in 1600. The dramatic play of light and shadow is extraordinary. Living in the age of photography, 4k television, and streaming video, it is inconceivable to contemplate what it was like four hundred years ago. Back then, paintings and sculptures were the only visual media…
Dear Wake Up Family: This past August (2022), when I heard the news Olivia Newton-John had passed away, my first recollection was of her beaming, infectious smile. Because the depth and sincerity of coverage surrounding her in Australia, Britain, and the US suggested she wasn’t the typical, self-absorbed celebrity, I watched a documentary about her…
Dear Wake Up Family: Mike Tyson was just twenty years old when, in the mid-1980s, he became the youngest champion in boxing history. He was so aggressive and strong that many of his opponents lasted less than sixty seconds in the first round. Two lasting only thirty seconds! A remarkable feat considering boxing matches are…
Dear Wake Up Family: This month I want to share what is probably the most frequently asked question (grievance) we get in the office and how we answer it. The question, although asked in different ways, always pertains to Jesus’ divinity or the Trinity being three separate entities. Here are some of the complaints… “You…
Dear Wake Up Family: On the 1st day of April 2002, a 96-year-old man quietly passed away in a soldier’s nursing home on the south coast of Finland. He was a small man, only standing five feet tall, who had been a farmer in his prime. In his youth, however, many decades earlier, Simo Hayha…
Dear Wake Up Family: Last week, I listened to an interview with Colonel Douglas Macgregor and had to pause the video when he made this statement, “If our cause is just, why do we have to lie about it?” I thought he asked a good question. Although he was discussing politics and foreign policy in…
