Encouragement – like it or not
The road ahead may seem impossible, might even seem like there is no road ahead, but that’s how life is. Mysterious, overgrown with complications, messy and often cold … Fear Not! Deuteronomy 31:6...
View ArticleWhat do you do with an Anakite?
Have you been facing giants in your life? Sometimes I feel like that. It isn’t a huge, overbearing human giant, it’s more situational. A decision to make that has consequences, a financial burden, a...
View ArticleThe Benefits of Worry
You got it! The benefits of worry are as valuable and motivating as this empty box. No inspiration; only empty defeat. If you’re worried about what you hear on the news, see battled on TV, and...
View ArticleWhat is your reality? Faith or Fear
Have you been facing giants in your life? Sometimes I feel like that. It isn’t a huge, overbearing human giant, it’s more situational. A decision to make that has consequences, a financial burden, a...
View ArticleGod's tender mercy … guides our feet to peace
Here’s something you might not already know. Ready? When I get you up in the morning, it is totally Biblical. Seriously! Well it’s not me, personally, who God says should be getting you up, but here’s...
View ArticleDoubt
When I was a little kid, I hated to hear my mom say “I doubt it”. That always meant I wasn’t going to get something I wanted. As I contemplated the passing week, I realized, I’m still not a fan of...
View ArticleF-A-I-T-H
Yesterday I posted some thoughts on change. Not to get stuck on a topic, but change is so pervasive, so let’s visit it again – then move on to something else. Sometimes change is exciting! Anticipation...
View ArticleAdvent Week 4 Theme: Peace – There is no chance for peace if we don't listen
One of the most well known parts of the Christmas story is in our reading for today. It takes place at the moment in time when Gabriel had the conversation with Mary. We’ve heard the story so many...
View ArticleI believe you, God. Please help me trust you.
Do you ever wake up with someone on your mind and your thought comes with a vivid picture? What do you do with that? There’s a story in Luke, and it’s probably retold in other gospels, where the...
View Article“To thine own self be true.” What happens when you are willing to do that?
Shakespeare said, “To thine own self be true.” What happens when you are willing to do that? I’m not sure why this memory came back to me today, but about six years ago we went out riding with our...
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