I am a soldier who served my country in the past, Hoping the things I stood up for would forever last.   Things change though, and people do as well, Sometimes living our lives can seem like we’re locked up in a jail.   We live in a land ...

Every time I turn on the news, it seems like there’s so much unrest in America.  People are always wanting something better, or at least things their way.  Sometimes less is more and more is less depending on our perspective and how we want to approach life.  Just as the ...

“We have started to accept once more that our life is not our own and God has altered our path once again.” These were the words of a monk right after the severe earthquake that recently struck Italy. Surely, indeed, there is an element to life that goes beyond our ...

Nature is a God-given source of peace—when we focus on the right things. Consider the Golden State of California, with its dessert climate of unique flowering plants such as the bird of paradise—as colorful as a tropical bird and shaped like one as well. Dark mountains rise up around many ...

On November 8th, something huge in going to happen in the United States of America.  For many of us it is the day we will vote for the next president of our country.  Not only that, but many others will be elected into important positions as well, who will go ...

What are you chasing after more of? Time with God, money, people, or possessions? When you begin to experience stress, fatigue, and a feeling of being burdened, it’s time to pull back and reevaluate. Oftentimes, we take on too much that God has not called us to, and we take ...

When I go to write, I have so many ideas that flow through my mind.  What should the topic be and how should I approach it?  I also think it’s good to have a theme, not only to be colorful, but to put things into perspective.  So today I’m going ...

He is the reason we are free for forever from sin and death. Yes, he took care of death and all of sin for all time. We have heard it so many times He became sin and death for us.  There is a line from a Phillips, Craig and Dean ...

Let’s talk about difficult people. Know any? Everyone does and if you don’t, let me tell you, you’re the only person in the world. I say that with all due respect. Just this morning, I was mulling over the difficult people in my life, struggling with the ever niggling “what ...