Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight (Proverbs 3:5-6). Has the new year you touted merely a month ago already grown old? Has the fire of goals for desired change already grown cold, here in the dead of winter? Causes certainly can be many. A lot of life can happen in the span of 30 days. In the course of one day, even. Which supports the notion that th

On a recent day off, I took to the road and headed for the mountains. As I navigated the changing grades peppered with sharp curves, I remin

It’s a beautiful grace that worldviews can change! The one you hold now is probably different from the one you held at an earlier stage...

Family ties aren’t always strong enough to withstand the tension of differing beliefs.

The family graced by God is the family we most need - whether we know it or not

New Year’s Eve straddles this existential precipice where people look back over the past year and also into the new year ahead.

I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For He has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of...

The God-inspired authors of the New Testament share the great, good news that all who come to Jesus and believe have life. And the Greek...

How are the tenses of this abundant life we live in Christ to be viewed? (And I’m not referring to stress!) There are those who say,...

“When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though dead. Then He placed His right hand on me and said: ‘Do not be afraid. I am the First and...

When you look up a definition for the English word life, you’ll tally more than one result. But the Greeks have three different words...

The faintest of light started to spread over the heavily frosted terrain—as one would expect on January 16th. The skies soon proclaimed...

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered...

The GPS lady kindly informed me, “Traffic is slower than usual.” “That’s helpful,” I thought, as if we were in some shared dialogue....

We don’t always have a right understanding of something at the start. Understanding is often acquired. It comes slowly . . . gradually ....

The events following Passover Friday made one believe evil had won. But the glorious events of Resurrection Sunday proved that light does...

The tick of the clock groans, as the old year runs out of time. I echo its groaning. As does all of creation—as it awaits its deliverance...

Where do you want to go when bad things happen? That place for me is home. When the day has been rough, and you feel a bit beaten up by...

I am in the process of dismantling my house. I say “house” because it no longer resembles the home I assembled those many years ago. It’s...

When training my kids, I thought a lesson had a better chance of taking root if they were exposed to multiple sources reinforcing the...