Christmas chaos is an all too common experience. December’s calendar fills up with events, parties, travel, children’s programs, gift preparation, feasts, and family gatherings. More often than not, by the day after Christmas, we are ready to collapse from… Continue reading

Are you feeling alone, broken, perhaps even forgotten? A reminder that He sees, He knows – little sparrow! Continue reading

  Sorrow ripped through me with the force of a tornado, whipping memories around and leaving them like piles of rubble. The gale tried to uproot my faith with tumbling thoughts leaving me unable to pray in a meaningful way.… Continue reading

Sally (not her real name) wrote to me, thanking me for the part I played in her life 30 years ago, helping to lay a foundation of faith. Between then and now, she lost her way. Her words: “After a… Continue reading

  Fear stalks the earth these days!  A couple with guns blazed into a conference room and the report of those shots echoed across America. “Terror” is threatened daily. Then, there are those things that make us quake that are… Continue reading

One from the archives… Enjoy! __________________ This CoffeeBreak is compiled from excerpts from                  Stories Behind The Great Traditions of Christmas (Zondervan). Up until about 350 years ago, the only universally celebrated Christian holiday was Easter. Christ’s birth was an… Continue reading

We live in a NOISY world, don’t we? A car passed me a few days ago in the supermarket parking lot vibrating with sound. The sub-woofer was pumping bass that pounded my chest from 20 feet away!  The poor kid… Continue reading

  Marriage metaphors are frequent in Biblical descriptions of God’s relationship with His people. He was Israel’s husband. When they worshipped idol gods, the prophets called their sin, adultery. The Church is called the “bride of Christ.”  I read those… Continue reading

  If the events of the last few years of my life have taught me anything, it is that I can; yes, I must, choose joy. I do not choose to ignore the sadness nor do I attempt to ‘out… Continue reading

America was riveted by yet another tragedy that unfolded in San Bernardino yesterday. For reasons yet to be determined, a couple went on a murderous rampage at a holiday party and left 14 dead and more wounded before being gunned… Continue reading