Be prepared. It’s the Boy Scout motto. So much of life is about the preparation. It is often the difference between success and failure. Even in something as simple as preparing a meal – the organizing, buying ingredients, cutting, chopping, peeling, mixing – all done before you get to the actual cooking. In a career- the education, the …
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The More You Know
The more you know His Word, the more you know His Will. That phrase came to me recently as I was pondering some decisions about the future. All of us who follow Christ have probably prayed for specific direction about a big decision we needed to make. Maybe we have operated with the assumption that …
A Matter of Inches
Inches That Changed Everything Recent events have left me, like many of you, heartbroken and pondering where we are in our society. I was thinking about how in many ways, life comes down to inches, minutes, or even fractions of seconds. A bullet can merely graze the flesh, or penetrate the tissue of life- inches. …
The Beautiful Eternal
The Beautiful Eternal What is it that makes us yearn for beauty? In people, in nature, in created things, in music, and even in words, we seek after beauty. Artists of various kinds long to create something transcendent – something that will be remembered long after we are here. I believe part of this yearning …
A Return to Joy
There seems to be a lot of sadness today, especially among young people. There is more focus on mental health, more introspection, more “self-care” than ever before, and yet it appears there is also more misery. Even on their faces, there is a hopeless, hardened look. Approximately 42% of Gen Z have been given a …
Twice Adopted
Twice Adopted Growing up I never realized there was a stigma associated with being adopted. In fact, truth be told, I might have gone to the other extreme, thinking I was a bit “more special” than others who had come into their families in the “typical” way! I have to credit my parents with my …
But If Not
You may know the story. Three Hebrew boys, renamed Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, in service to the Babylonian King, refused to bow to him. They were from the tribe of Judah and had been taken captive by the Babylonians. In order to make prisoners even more submissive to the powers that be, they were often …
A Living Sacrifice
“And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split.” Matthew 27:51 “And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.” Luke 23:45 I remember these descriptions in the verses above as a child, from …
What If?
What If? “Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.” 1 Tim. 6:11 What if the whole world suddenly began operating by biblical principles? What if every single person pursued the things above and was able to live by them? If we lived them out perfectly, we would no longer have stealing, cheating, bribery, or murder. …
The Power to Change Everything
The woman was caught. Interesting that they did not bring the man before Jesus, but only the woman, who was discovered in the act of adultery. One can see how it might have unfolded – the woman, probably in a disheveled state, likely not fully clothed, being thrown down in front of Jesus – the …
