We Give Thanks
We give thanks to you, O God, we give thanks, for your Name is near; men tell of your wonderful deeds. As for me, I will declare this forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob. Psalm 75:1, […]
Sitting in the Shade
And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. (2 Timothy 2:2 ESV) Warren Buffet said, “Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone […]
Gratitude is a Verb
Fulton J. Sheen wrote: “An interesting phenomenon in children is that gratitude or thankfulness comes relatively late in their young lives. They almost have to be taught it; if not, they grow up thinking that the world owes them a […]
Reasons To Give
Jesus sat down near the place where the offerings were collected and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. There were some who made a spectacle of their giving. A poor widow came and put in two […]
Negative Prayer
While it is rare that this ever happens, there have been those who are so disquieted by something I preach or write that they come against me. I have been heckled, boycotted, protested against, and challenged in face-to-face confrontations. I’m […]
Influence: Be the Light
Jesus said to his followers, “You are the light of the world…the salt of the earth.” What did He mean? Jesus intended that his followers be people of influence – people of change. Just as a small flame lights a […]
Mastering the Mountain
Sir Edmund Hillary was the first climber, along with his partner, Tenzing Norgay, to reach the top of Mount Everest. It happened on his third try. On Hillary’s second attempt, he not only failed to reach the summit, but his […]
No Guesswork
In one of the Peanuts comic strips, Peppermint Patty came to grips with a shocking truth. She was turning to Marsha for a few answers in school. Marsha exhorted Patty to stop asking her for answers. She exclaimed, “I don’t […]
I Am Not
According to spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle, Jesus taught that the key to planetary transformation is for people to awaken to their identity as “Being.” In his book A New Earth, Tolle writes, “Jesus speaks of the innermost I am, the […]
Bumping Into Jesus
When Jesus performed miracles, what was He truly trying to reveal to us. Take, for example, two people who bumped into Jesus. Jairus (on behalf of his daughter) and a very sickly woman both “bumped” into Jesus interweaving their miracle […]
