Faith Have you ever had one of those days… 5 Nov 20164 Nov 2016 Do you ever have times when you reflect over your day and begin to wonder just how the "natural you" got so much more time on the playing field of…
Quotes Remember… 4 Nov 2016 We are tempted to do the opposite aren't we? We almost seemed wired that way. Remembering the bad things people have done is no special thing. It comes easily to…
Discipleship Letting Go of Being Good 4 Nov 20163 Nov 2016 There is something in us that longs for us be recognized as being good enough. People I think are wired to seek out significance, power, fame, and success. Every good…
Parenthood Lessons from Forgetting 3 Nov 20163 Nov 2016 So last night I got home from work, got myself a bowl of stew I had set to cook in the crockpot all day and called the girls for dinner.…
Spiritual Formation… Hope 2 Nov 20161 Nov 2016 One of the greatest gifts of grace that you have when you trust in Christ is the assurance of hope. What is the hope we are assured of? We are…
Suffering Have you ever noticed that… 2 Nov 20161 Nov 2016 If you read the letters of the New Testament, you will find that a number of them are written to Christians who are in very difficult circumstances. There are lots…
Quotes Remember that… 1 Nov 201630 Oct 2016 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the…
Grace Expensive Grace 1 Nov 201631 Oct 2016 As a cigar aficionado, I can tell you that you don't need to spend a great deal of money to get a truly great cigar. However, there are some very…
Love Everything or Nothing 31 Oct 201630 Oct 2016 As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. "Good teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal…
Prayer Your Grace is Greater (a prayer) 30 Oct 201629 Oct 2016 Holy Father, Our sin is far greater than we admit, but Your grace is far greater than we expect. Thank You for the forgiveness we have in Christ, because of…