Each time the Olympic Games take place, I take time to watch some of the events and cheer the athletes on. I’m always struck by the...

During the last year we have been experiencing a time of almost unparalleled isolation, polarization and confusion. People have placed a...

"We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make...

Possibly my favorite movie scene of all time is in Field of Dreams where Ray Kinsella and ex-political activist Terence Mann go to a...

“For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.” Jeremiah 31:25 Life can be a constant battle of...

Life can be a series of ok days that just run into each other. Or, Life can be different, even Better.

Today is Father’s Day, and on this day our thoughts turn to our fathers; those men in our lives who for better or worse had an impact on...

When I was a teenager my father walked in on me smoking a cigarette and proceeded to lecture me on the evils of tobacco and told me not...

“Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “I gave birth to him in pain.” Jabez cried out to...

As a rookie Christian and newly credentialed worker in Christ’s Service, I was sitting in a meeting being mentored by my current pastor,...

We live in a time of abundance. It’s everywhere we look. From restaurants and fast-food franchises to feed us when we don’t want to cook...

Good Afternoon, This past year's events have taken us on an interesting journey to a destination that we would not have imagined and we...

Have you ever been working on some sort of concept or a puzzle and you can’t find the answer, and it’s frustrating but no matter how many...

Have you ever found yourself in need of a pep talk? It’s a tried and true method of instilling courage or enthusiasm in a person. Think...

I came to know Jesus personally in 1979 and coming from an unchurched background I was pretty much clueless about the finer (or even the...

Wouldn’t it be nice if forgiveness was a one-time thing? You know, one and done. Just like riding a bike, once you know how to do it, it...

I don’t know whether this is something I heard before and I need to attribute it to somebody, or whether it just popped up into my own...

This week’s post is a bit personal, so if you are uncomfortable with blatant displays of emotion, then you may want to quit reading right...

I have often thought to myself (and occasionally mentioned out loud to others) that “This Christianity thing would be just about perfect...

A few years ago, Jon and I visited a beautiful lake near our home. Until that visit, we had only admired its beauty in passing – from a...