As Christians we will experience times of difficulty. There is a real battle going on in the spiritual realm. We cannot see this battle with our physical eyes, but we can discern with our spirit that something is amiss. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but ...

I love the smell of fresh pine, so it’s a natural fit when the Holiday season comes around especially since I can purchase that delicious artificial pine smell to plug into my home creating a false atmosphere of Christmas. By tricking my senses a bit, I am drawn back into ...

A constant complaint I hear (and sometimes administer) is that the work ethic of the “younger generation” is terrible and anemic.  It may sound like I’m an “old fogie”, but at 40 years old I don’t quite consider myself as part of the elderly. (Disclaimer:  I realize that not all ...

‘Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another.  Forgive as the Lord forgave you.’ Colossians 3:13 (NIV) Unrest seems to be just about everywhere today.  People are stirred up about their particular causes and many go further than necessary to promote them.  Others don’t ...

Something happened in Portland, Oregon, from which Ferguson can learn a lesson. Now that the trial is over there are those who have made it a point to continue violence and rioting. They have solved absolutely nothing by doing so. The world has become sickened by, not only putting race ...

I noticed it again today. First it was my son and then my daughter. Each one took their turn focusing their eyes and attention on to me, yet my eyes were glued to the tiny screen resting in my hands.  Hello do you hear me? I knew he was there, ...

There are two kinds of people in this world… Those who operate under Earthly Wisdom and those who operate under Heavenly Wisdom. True wisdom is a combination of being wise, knowledgeable, and justly applying both. However, it’s possible to have knowledge and not use it wisely. Firstly, earthly wisdom is ...

“I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one” (John 17:23a ESV). At age fifteen, I started (serious) pretending. Standing by dad’s grave in 1966, I stored unbearable suffering within my subconscious. Donning a happy-face, so to speak, I adopted an adequate disguise. Or so I ...

Two days before his sixth birthday, a little boy crossed that thin veil and entered into the presence of God. It was unexpected. His brief years here held some developmental challenges which he met with courage. He played and learned, progressing nicely and making his family proud. He communicated with ...

Run! Flee! The commands came in droves as the two portioned their bodies closer together in attempts to becoming one. Lingering flits of thought burst brighter as reality crept in. The rapid breath of his emotions began to toy with his mind leaving doubts seeping through his teenage thoughts. This ...