I had an experience this weekend that was a true blessing, and I want to share it with you because it revealed to me another piece of what our true identities are in Christ. My grandmother is battling cancer and is currently undergoing chemotherapy.  She lives with my mother, who is a nurse and works [...]

I was reminded earlier this week about the sufficiency of God’s grace for any and all situations in a believer’s life.  It doesn’t matter what you are talking about…His grace covers it all. From the mouth of Christ… My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. (2 Corinthians 12:9) [...]

NEWSFLASH! I want what I want, when I want it, and how I want it, and not surprisingly, this applies pretty much across-the-board in my life.  It’s not reserved to just my wife or kids or family or friends. I want the stoplight to change when I want it to change.  I want people in [...]

I began reading a new book the other night, one a friend of mine recommended.  It’s called Sun Stand Still: What Happens When You Dare to Ask God for the Impossible, written by Steven Furtick, and after getting past my own personal hang-up with the current fascination writers seem to have with “audacious faith,” I [...]

How do you see yourself? Do you often see the negative, live in regret and dismay, often feeling nothing but shame and guilt? Do you live in fear and worry? That’s not YOU. Find out who you are in Christ.

I’ve been away for a few weeks.  Busy, distracted, lazy, and after you read this, I suppose you’ll figure I’m finding value in my life elsewhere.  Sadly, this is true, although I know it shouldn’t be. How often we find value in things outside of what we KNOW we are supposed to be doing!  I [...]

Here, in pictures, are some of the things I’m thankful for:  

I often ponder Proverbs 3:5, where God tells us to trust in Him with all of our hearts and to not lean on our own understanding, and I often marvel at just how easy it is to get those two seemingly simple commands so horribly wrong. Lean not on your own understanding. Wow, don’t we [...]

Everywhere I turn these days, I’m hearing about some married couple I know who is going through a divorce, and it doesn’t seem to matter how long they’ve been together, how “happy” or “perfect” they appeared to be, how many children they have, whether they go to church or not, or anything really.  The story [...]