by Wayne Fowler | Jan 4, 2026 | NGN
“Sure, you’re on the clock, but we’re all on the clock.” Former Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse agrees with those empathic words from his friends. In announcing his terminal cancer prognosis he writes, “Death is a wicked thief, and pursues us all.” We tend to view the...
by Wayne Fowler | Dec 21, 2025 | NGN
Fritz Vincken was 12 years old when he witnessed a defining event in his life. His father had sent him and his mother to stay in a cabin in the woods, thinking they would be safe from the battles of WWII. They couldn’t have known the Battle of the Bulge would soon...
by Wayne Fowler | Dec 14, 2025 | NGN
The Strand Magazine asked C.S. Lewis to write “A Christmas Sermon for Pagans.” Written in 1946, it still sheds prescient light on our modern times. Lewis centers his message on post-Christian beliefs about morality. “There is no objective Right or Wrong: each race or...
by Wayne Fowler | Dec 7, 2025 | NGN
A hurricane swept me into a foreign land. I was there to install drinking water filtration systems to meet the acute needs of survivors still in shock from the devastation. For one installation, we were to integrate filtration components with the surviving mechanical...
by Wayne Fowler | Nov 30, 2025 | NGN
I spent several weeks bringing relief to a Caribbean island nation recovering from a hurricane. I am amazed at the resilience of the people in the face of hardship. I am also quite curious about their spirituality, and I use that word rather broadly. A man came up to...
by Wayne Fowler | Nov 23, 2025 | NGN
The Wampanoag people lived in what today is Massachusetts. In the early 1600’s, European traders arrived. The traders captured some of the unsuspecting people, transported them to Spain, and sold them into slavery. Among them was a boy named Squanto. In time, Squanto...
