Sunday, March 9, 2025
When? It’s a one-word question, usually containing some degree of emotion—when? The word implies anticipation, expectation, and hope. It can also communicate frustration, resignation, and despair. “When will I get ____________ ?” Or “When will this prayer be answered?” Or “When will my circumstances change?” Or “When will the breakthrough happen?” When, when, when? The […]
Sunday, March 9, 2025
The Wise Way To Live We occasionally hear people speak of things in short supply. This means there’s not enough of some needed resource to meet the demand. There’s no doubt about the short supply of wisdom in our world. Common sense is quite uncommon, it seems. God is the all-wise God, and He delights […]
Sunday, March 9, 2025
It’s Your Time It’s here—2024! Can you believe it? How quickly time passes. Before we know it, this new year will be in record books, too! Time is an interesting thing. It is our most significant, non-renewal resource. It’s a gift that can’t be replenished. Once it’s gone, it’s gone. That’s why it’s so important […]
Sunday, March 9, 2025
House or Home? Do you live in a house or a home? While we often use the terms interchangeably, there is a meaningful difference between the two. One is a structure consisting of basic materials; the other is an environment created by the occupants of the structure. A house isn’t necessarily a home. A home […]
Sunday, March 9, 2025
Growing Fruit On Others’ Trees Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. —1 Peter 4:10 (NIV) What is success? Success is a constant life theme. Entrepreneurs seek to build successful businesses. Investors are looking for successful investments. Coaches and […]
Sunday, March 2, 2025
Who Are You? In my senior year of High School, one of my teachers gave us an interesting assignment. We were instructed to write an essay answering the following questions: Who am I? Why am I here? (What’s my life purpose?) There may have been a few other questions we were to answer, but these […]
Sunday, March 2, 2025
Keep Up With The Upkeep Maintenance. Have you thought about all the time you spend on the basic upkeep of life? Life seems to be a perpetual process of maintaining. Because of the persistent law of entropy, life continually moves from order to disorder, from fixed to broken. We see this in our homes, our […]
Sunday, March 2, 2025
Living In The Here And Now Everyone who’s taken a child on a road trip is familiar with one question, “Are we there yet?” This frequent juvenile inquiry usually results in increasing parental irritation, and ultimately in a frustrated response, “I’ll tell you when we get there!” The “are we there yet” question is actually […]
Saturday, February 22, 2025
Get Smart His television screen name was “Maxwell Smart,” also known as Agent 86. His female sidekick was Agent 99. They comedically portrayed spies working for the government agency “CONTROL” fighting the evil, enemy forces of “KAOS.” The bumbling agent “Smart” employed a variety of unusual espionage devices in his efforts, most famously, a phone […]
Saturday, February 22, 2025
How To Stay Out of the Way “You’re in the way!” It’s a phrase we sometimes hear, occasionally speak, and often think! It describes someone obstructing progress, being where they shouldn’t be, or engaging in activities causing more harm than good. The problem with “being in the way” is, we don’t always (or usually) know […]
Saturday, February 22, 2025
How To Pray “Please pray for me.” I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard this request from people over the years. I’ve asked the same of others many times. It’s comforting to seek prayer support in times of personal difficulty or need. And praying for others is an important part of our spiritual […]
Saturday, February 22, 2025
God Never Forgets Forgetfulness is part of the human plight. It comes at the most inopportune times. We’re face to face with a person, and their name immediately disappears from our memory. We’re late for an appointment, and can’t find our car keys. We’re taking an important exam, and the information we were so sure […]
Friday, December 28, 2018
| 1:52 min read | Matthew 1:21 “And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” What’s in a name? Most couples preparing for a birth spend a lot of time reviewing and deciding on a name. Naming a child is a […]
Thursday, December 27, 2018
| 1:56 min read | Luke 1:78-79 “Because of God’s tender mercy, the light from heaven is about to break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide us to the path of peace.” John 8:12 “Jesus said to the people, ‘I am […]
Wednesday, December 26, 2018
| 2:02 min read | Matthew 2:10-11 “When they saw the star, they were filled with joy! They entered the house where the child and his mother, Mary, were, and they fell down before him and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.” The story […]