Today is a day to remember but it’s not an anniversary most people would enjoy remembering. One year ago today a friend and I witnessed a car crash that killed a young mother and left her then-five-year-old daughter with serious and lifelong brain injuries. I expect that today her parents,Continue Reading
“Look on my suffering and deliver me, for I have not forgotten your law.Defend my cause and redeem me; preserve my life according to your promise.” (Psalm 119:153-154 NIV) This past week we had guest ministers in to do a three day series of meetings at church. The weekend was phenomenal, filled with worship, teaching,Continue Reading
“Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3 NIV) Why do people choose to have or to not have children? “The Brookings Institution is making a media splash with its estimate that it now costs more than $300,000 to raise a child through high school, anContinue Reading
One day, after it grew dark, Jesus said to his disciples, “Come with me across the lake.” Jesus knew where he was going and who he wanted to go with him. He had a purpose and destination in mind. They were going across the lake. Leaving the crowd behind, the disciplesContinue Reading
BANG! The hammer hit the rock. No change. BANG! The hammer hit the rock again. No change. BANG! BANG! BANG! On and on it seemed for hours the hammer tried to break the rock open. Over and over again it struck the rock with no apparent change. Then suddenly: BANG!Continue Reading
(adapted from a GiveHim15 post from August 16, 2022) “Have you considered ‘prayer walking’ through your neighborhood? “For years my friend Mary took to heart Jesus’ command to ‘love your neighbor as yourself’ (see Mark 12:31) by continually praying over her neighborhood when she walked. In fact, she did thisContinue Reading
“Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go onContinue Reading
On Sundays our pastor has been preaching a series on getting the junk out of our lives. Although so far he’s preached on things like self will, anger, bitterness, and pride, the last two sermons have been about lust. Generally, we think of lust as being wanting someone else inContinue Reading
Do you ever wish you could get a direct word from God? We can read his Word, pray, and still feel like “I got nothing.” But every so often we realize that he has been talking with us. Recently I’ve been “stuck” in Hebrews 12. Over and over I readContinue Reading
In his sermon series on getting rid of things within us that are not of God, our pastor has been preaching about lust. Sexual desire for another person is one type of lust, but any strong desire for money, power, things, etc. can be another type of lust. This remindedContinue Reading