Are you stuck in the cell-phone cycle? You promise yourself that you don’t need it. It’s just a simple tool connecting you to the outside world that is not always necessary. Yet you cannot seem to disconnect yourself long enough without having sweat bead up on your forehead or in ...

‘You must teach what is in accord with sound doctrine.’  Titus 2:1 (NIV) Lessons from Sunday school are not always the ones taught to the students in the class.  Quite often, the teachers also derive great benefits from the lessons they teach.  Consider this.  If we have been permitted to ...

“Here’s your order sir.” “Thank you ma’am. Have a good day, and a Merry Christmas.” “Oh, uhmm, you have a…happy holiday as well.” Yep, this was an actual conversation I had with a clerk, while ordering lunch one day this past week. Jesus has officially become a taboo subject on ...

I remember the pressure in my teen years, probably the hardest years of my life.   I knew I was no hero.  Unpopular, pimpled and never asked out on a date.   I was prude by default it seemed like and I made plenty of bad choices that if I could change, I would.  However, life ...

It is a phrase tossed about rather lightly:  made in the image of God.  Pausing to think about what this really means is an adventure not to be missed.  It has the potential to change how we look at ourselves and others; it has the power to transform our relationships…and ...

Earlier this week, I had a depressing conversation with a co-worker.  My co-worker described to me that his church was not doing their usual “Living Cross” play.  The play reenacts the events leading up to, during, and after the birth of Christ.  The church has done the play for many ...

Marie lived many years ago. She came from a poor farm family in Kentucky, and left home at seventeen to be married. She lived an ordinary life, filled with hard work and little extra. But Marie had a God-given musical talent. She could play piano, guitar, and violin “by ear.” ...

One of the things that amazes me most about Jesus (and what I wish I had more of) is His “never get ruffled” demeanor.  Have you noticed that, particularly in John 5?  No matter what the circumstances, He always responded with quiet, calm assurance.  Peace and quiet confidence wrapped around ...

You don’t have to wait until January 1st to think about your new year resolutions. It’s never too early to start planning what you want to accomplish in 2015. Life gives us so many directions to take it can be hard to focus on how to make our resolution list ...

“Let’s ask God for a word for our waiter.” We were at a restaurant in Florida and didn’t know a soul in town. All we knew of our server was that he was from Morocco. When we prayed, I sensed The Lord say that his father was in need of ...