2024 Newsletters

In Part 1 of this newsletter, we saw how Jon received a failing review of his physical therapy practice because they played Christian music. Yet the lady who gave the bad review not only came back to his practice but ended up on Jon’s schedule. This amazing story unfolds in the paragraphs below. “During my first visit with her, I prayed for God...

Brian and I have had some good talks in this one coffee shop we’ve been meeting up at. He used to work there to earn a little extra money, but his real job was working in the financial sector. I would see him sitting at a table in this coffee shop as he did his work. He fascinated me because he almost always had two laptops in front of him! All I...

I was reading the other day about an expression that intrigued me. I wondered where the terms “burn your boats,” “burn boats,” or “burn the ships” came from. The idiom “burn boats” is derived from the story of Hernán Cortés, who, upon arriving in Mexico in 1519, ordered his men to burn their boats, making it clear that there was no turning back....

This was the first year in decades that I didn’t have Thanksgiving with Mom or Dad. My mom is in Heaven now, and my dad has been moved to an assisted living facility in a different state. Even though family traditions have changed, could not those changes have opened up the opportunity to go in a different direction for how to spend the day? One...

In Part 1 of this newsletter, Tamper Proof, Donte shared some of the more serious things that have happened to him in life. Then he began to open up about his spiritual views. You can check out Part 1 at the following link: https://markcahill.org/tamper-proof-part-1/ Donte and I were talking about the Garden Trick, which led to him saying he...

Did I ever have a great lunch with Donte! You would be amazed by how much ground you can cover in three hours! Yes, it was a long lunch, but any time we can invest in someone’s life and answer their questions is time well spent. I met Donte at a store I stopped in one day. He is 25 and is a big, strong guy. I always try to get those guys on my...

Marie is a waitress at a restaurant where I was having breakfast one morning. I have been there several times. She came up to me and asked if I would walk over to one of her tables with her. Seemed like an odd request, so I asked her why. Well, she was having a discussion with a husband and wife about children. They apparently made a comment to...

In our last newsletter, I shared that I was reading a book by John Burke called “Imagine the God of Heaven.” It’s about near-death experiences (NDEs). One thing I noticed as I was reading this book was that pretty much every NDE had a “heavenly” angle to it. The author did mention that in his first book, he included more stories about people...

One of the real joys in life is reading a book. You can gain some knowledge and expand your mind a bit. A teenager told me the other day that if he had a phone in one hand and a book in the other, he would more than likely go to his phone. That is how this current generation is being trained. It’s time to untrain them and remind them of the joy...

I had a neat opportunity to speak at Disciple Now, a conference for middle- and high-school-aged students held at a church that I have spoken at before. My topic was “The Cost of Discipleship.” Discussing Truth As I was putting this talk together, I came up with some questions that I wanted to ask the youth. When I was a school teacher, I always...

On Monday, we went through a few Scriptures showing what God has to say about marriage, as well as what He says about separation, divorce, and the responsibility within marriage to love, forgive, and do whatever can be done to keep that marriage together. But one of the big questions on people’s minds is the topic of remarriage. There are all...

Recently, I was sitting in a coffee shop at a table with my Bible open. One of the workers there, Andrew, arrived early for his shift, so he came over to chat. He enjoys reading his Bible, so we ended up discussing some things in the Scriptures and then some topics about life. As we were talking, a man walked up and wanted to know about the...