We remain committed as a body of Jesus followers to not allow anything to ruin what has so carefully been built.

Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now HIDDEN with Christ in God.

The day before my 63rd birthday last month, I had a 30-minute compete blackout, called Transient Global Amnesia.

What is your life?

Do Christians worry that Jesus will be less appealing if he doesn’t take all their problems away?

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28

Just for a moment. let’s be still.

The One who does indeed care about the individual and also moves among the times and the nations.

The reality is a bit more complicated than the happy photos.

Aging is a privilege.

I’m treasuring these things in my heart.

I have been challenged this month to stop, to still my mind, to reflect on the Psalms, to apply them to my life and thinking.

We often make it difficult to dwell on the finer things in others when we consume indiscriminate venting by friends, family and acquaintances.

“Take delight in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart” means something a little different than it seems on the surface.

If no one ever knows it was me who did this, would that be okay?"

I must disentangle myself from the clutches of the object of my hopes.

I want to be aware of how lukewarm, or lazy I can become spiritually when life is not forcing me to my knees.

When we look with eyes of faith about something, we are looking to God to provide what seems to be impossible. 

I have always wanted my home to be a place of peace - a place of refreshment for the weary, provision for the hungry, laughter for the sad.

Just when I think I am ambling along through life, dispensing my thoughts to everyone around me - BANG! I say something hurtful, unkind, thoughtless. I offend.