During my senior year of college, I had a killer schedule with early morning classes five days a week. So, every morning I would stumble into the bathroom and follow the well-worn trail from the day before. First, I would […]
My favorite text on forgiveness is the one in which God says, “I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions, and remembers your sins no more” (Is. 43:25 NIV). Do you know what this means? God has chosen […]
Are you a follower? A leader? Either way, there are times we all feel alone as we press forward to conquer the task, motivate the team, set a course for success… It can be pretty lonely and turn into a […]
I’m so thankful that God is a God of second chances, because we definitely need them. Take, for instance, Levi. He and his brother Simeon had completely lost the blessing of their father Jacob because they slaughtered the men of […]
Peter had been toiling all night and had caught nothing. He comes back to shore exasperated and frustrated. He’s washing his nets. He knew this was not a good night. Nothing is going to happen. He was feeling a great […]
The Bible says that as Jesus walked along, he saw a man who was born blind. And his disciples, who were hungry for information, asked, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Whenever we […]
Ever feel like the world is against you? No matter how hard you work the odds are against you? That’s exactly how the Israelites felt under Pharaoh. Exodus 5 says: Then Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are […]
Some of the goals we all have are to seize the day, live in the moment, and to not let worries keep us from living joy-filled lives. But worries seem to plague most of our waking moments. Jesus understood that […]
The Bible says that there are some little creatures that we can learn from, and though they are very little, they are very wise. It is in the summer, when the grass is green, and the harvest is plentiful and […]
The start of the New Year is a time of both new beginnings and a renewed feeling of commitment to our beliefs. Interestingly, some notable American patriots were born on New Year’s Day – among them were Paul Revere, Betsy […]
