I remember being eighteen years old and people asking me questions about my future. What college was I going to attend? What course of study or major was I going to pursue? How did I plan to use my degree after graduation? I was excited to talk about the future. ...

I wrote in an earlier article that prayer is one of the weapons that God has given us in our spiritual warfare. Sometimes we can forget this part of our armor, and how important intercession is to advancing God’s kingdom. In the book of Daniel, we get an interesting glimpse ...

  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 ...