Women are emotional. I can say that because I am one. While I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve seen my dad cry, I’ve been known to cry over just about everything. From heart-felt commercials to heated disagreements, and from reality TV shows like Extreme Home ...

Let’s talk about splinter pickers. We have all known them. Those people who just cannot seem to help themselves. They feel compelled to point out every flaw, every mistake, every sin that their fellow man, their Christian brother or sister, commits. We have all made the mistake of judging someone ...

Why are some things invisible to us?  I can drive the same route every day and never really look around, never really notice who my neighbors are.  I’ve lived in the same country side for the last 6 years and just last week I noticed a farm-house tucked back in the ...

Crucify him! Crucify him! In A.D. 33, a crowd of Jews shouted fiercely for the death of a man named Jesus from Nazareth. Oppressed by the Romans, proud of their moral laws, awaiting a mighty savior – unbelieving Jews hated Jesus. Jesus was merely a carpenter. He healed a Roman’s ...

‘The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.’  Proverbs 16:23 (NKJV) Have you ever said something without quite thinking about it, and then lived to regret it?  Have you been known to get yourself into hot water on a regular basis because you attempted ...

The Super Bowl is now just a day away. Most of us are finalizing our shopping and prepping our dips, snacks, and other entertainment for the ‘Big Game.’ The players starring in the Super Bowl, however, are taking these last few days addressing the media. Amongst the many players who ...

A “Walk of faith” is a powerful metaphor to consider.  A walk implies progress, movement and purpose.  In the natural world, a walk offers multi-faceted blessings: the beauty of nature, the health of physical activity, the quieting of the typical frantic pace.  Though I know those things are truth, the primary ...

  IS IT THE LAST GENERATION?   The Great Generation, as we so well know it, those brave ones who marched courageously into the front lines of World War 2, and weathered the Great Depression, is soon coming to an end, as we witness more and more of our elders ...

Exodus 3 and 4 relates the beginnings of Moses being used by God in very significant ways.  Moses’ first realization of a “God-move” in his life was at the burning bush.  After turning aside to investigate why the flaming bush didn’t disintegrate, he heard God speak to him.  Now remember, ...

A Christian Warrior, an Open Battlefield “Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends”, (John 15:13). Proudly, I have two sons that served in the military, one in the Air Force, the other the Marines. My youngest son, who served in the ...