When the Ground Gives WayI don’t know your reaction to a video clip of a mud slide or an avalanche. But for me, it’s sheer horror! To have the ground upon which...
Reasoning and Remembering Isaiah’s WordsPlease tell me you’re like this too, in that you have a list of people in the Bible you hope to chat with in our forever home with the...
Remembering the LawLet no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. The...
Where the Lord ProvidesWe are walking our way through God’s Grand Story, recalling those things He has prepared. And we’re still in Genesis. But such blessings...
Pondering Prepared MindsPonder, it’s a good word. It’s one that lingers long in my thoughts, before it crosses the threshold of my lips. It means to consider...
LightlyThe night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light (Rm 13:12). He...
Gathered in InstructionWe are always learning, aren't we? I often told my kids that they should learn something new every day. I still tell them, even now as...
Four L’s for the day . . . any day – but especially todayTo settle our minds and our hearts is to settle them on the One Who Is Peace. But that often requires a determined effort until the habit...
A Sure Thing“I am watching, and I will certainly carry out all my plans.” (Jer 1:12b NLT) Don’t you just love that verse?! I sure do. It speaks two...
Hard StopsHave you ever seen a horse from this angle? I have! Do you know what causes it? You guessed it: hard stops. (Go ahead and chuckle. I know...
Trending NowWelcome, friend, to a moment you’ve captured out of your busy day. Don’t feel guilty about it. Instead, take a deep breath. Clear your...
An Untossable FaithI hadn’t been to the beach in years. Until, at long last, we took our first college tour. We were so close—we just had to make the detour...
Word Power for Use"LORD, there is no one like You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name...
The Undeniable Cost of Faithfulness—A Lesson from the Prophet JeremiahIt pricks your heart when you realize the depth of suffering the Lord’s servants endured. And yet, they remained faithful to delivering...
A Psalmistic LifeLife lessons—they’re those things learned from experience. The psalmists shared from their experience many valuable lessons for doing...
The Word ReflectedSometimes a passage of Scripture acts as a mirror. And the glaring image reflecting back is a most familiar image of something I've seen...