November, 2016

• 13 November

  The Graciousness of Pets

  

  Every time I turn on the news, it seems like there’s so much unrest in America.  People are always wanting something better, or at least things their way.  Sometimes less is more and more is less depending on our perspective and how we want to approach life.  Just as the ...

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• 6 November

  Having Hope and Security in a Shaken Up World

  

  “We have started to accept once more that our life is not our own and God has altered our path once again.” These were the words of a monk right after the severe earthquake that recently struck Italy. Surely, indeed, there is an element to life that goes beyond our ...

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• 4 November

  Anxiety or Peace: You Make the Choice!

  

  Nature is a God-given source of peace—when we focus on the right things. Consider the Golden State of California, with its dessert climate of unique flowering plants such as the bird of paradise—as colorful as a tropical bird and shaped like one as well. Dark mountains rise up around many ...

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October, 2016

• 27 October

  The Christian’s Guide to Voting for the Right Candidate

  

  On November 8th, something huge in going to happen in the United States of America.  For many of us it is the day we will vote for the next president of our country.  Not only that, but many others will be elected into important positions as well, who will go ...

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• 26 October

  Six Ways To Have An Exciting Christian Journey

  

  The Christian life can be an exciting adventure. Perhaps, however, many Christians are not experiencing what God has in store for them. As important as it is to read the Bible, pray, and attend church regularly, one’s spiritual journey can go way beyond that. Here are six ways to have ...

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• 24 October

  Is Your Life Out of Balance?

  

  What are you chasing after more of? Time with God, money, people, or possessions? When you begin to experience stress, fatigue, and a feeling of being burdened, it’s time to pull back and reevaluate. Oftentimes, we take on too much that God has not called us to, and we take ...

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April, 2016

• 17 April

  The Devil’s Bluff: Stacking the Deck Against Temptation

  

  When I go to write, I have so many ideas that flow through my mind.  What should the topic be and how should I approach it?  I also think it’s good to have a theme, not only to be colorful, but to put things into perspective.  So today I’m going ...

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• 17 April

  Jesus-The Reason We are Free

  

  He is the reason we are free for forever from sin and death. Yes, he took care of death and all of sin for all time. We have heard it so many times He became sin and death for us.  There is a line from a Phillips, Craig and Dean ...

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• 16 April

  Never Deal With Difficult People Again

  

  Let’s talk about difficult people. Know any? Everyone does and if you don’t, let me tell you, you’re the only person in the world. I say that with all due respect. Just this morning, I was mulling over the difficult people in my life, struggling with the ever niggling “what ...

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• 15 April

  The Bible Has Been Labeled “Unsuitable”

  

  What many Christians believe to be the inspired Word of God is now sixth on a list of 10 books considered to be “…most challenged and called to be banned in libraries,” in the words of Christian Post reporter, Stoyan Zaimov, because of its content and appropriateness. It has been ...

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