by Neal Eckert | Nov 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
If you follow the news, you’re probably tired of hearing about North Korea and its infamous “Rocket Man.” Kim Jong Un lives in luxury in North Korea. Few others do. Grace Jo was one of the many who suffered under Kim’s rule and his predecessors before she escaped. Now...
by Neal Eckert | Mar 25, 2017 | God's Love, Heaven
Thanks But No Thanks As a teen, I met a man of around eighty. He was at my high school, the location he’d arrived at to vote. We struck up a brief conversation before my day started and he went home, having done his civic duty. He shared with me about his life and I...
by Neal Eckert | Mar 16, 2017 | Dealing With Pain, God's Love, Uncategorized
Recent movie release, The Shack, takes viewers on a heartbreaking pursuit of healing when Mack’s youngest daughter is abducted and murdered in a remote shack. God helps Mack work through suffocating grief and to find hope despite tragedy. But God doesn’t...
by Neal Eckert | Mar 5, 2017 | God's Love, Spiritual Warfare, The Real Jesus
It feels weird to admit this. Childish even. For years, I believed in a shepherd myth. I thought of shepherds as weak. There’s ample evidence to the contrary but I found it easy to forget. When I heard, “The Lord is my shepherd…,” from the 23rd Psalm, I pictured a...
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...
