While waiting for a flight in an airport this weekend I watched movie on Netflix made 70 years ago. “The Keys of the Kingdom” is the story of a priest, played by Gregory Peck, who lives his life in quiet… Continue reading

As you begin this new week, let me remind you of a gift of God that is yours for the asking. It’s worth more than gold. It will not lose value to you over time. You can share it liberally… Continue reading

Have you ever been caught up in one of those ‘conversations’ where the connection just isn’t happening? It can hilarious or infuriating! Yesterday, I told Bev that I was taking her GPS unit on a trip with me. She heard… Continue reading

When the trees around my home are bent by the wind, thunder shakes the house, and heavy dark clouds throw themselves over me like a blanket, I feel awe! When our children were little, we would go outside during thunderstorms… Continue reading

For a month I have had various physical symptoms including some major pain in my neck. I took pain-killers and ignored it. “It will go away tomorrow,” I reasoned. Yesterday, I finally saw a physician who looked over my symptoms… Continue reading

All of us live with habits, things we do without much thought, mostly because we have always done it that way.  I’m a creature of habit- getting up, enjoying a cup of coffee, reading the Word, going to the office… Continue reading

Students getting ready for the big test do it. People who get a diagnosis of disease do it.  Men who have slipped and fallen into some sinful situation do it. Addicts do it. Kids who broke the cookie jar do… Continue reading

Do you practice the spiritual disciplines-  simplicity, fasting, study, submission, meditation – you know, the easy stuff of the Christian life?  Yes, of course, I am joking!  It is not easy to live a disciplined life.  We need to catch… Continue reading

What has broken your heart? Rejection will do it! Disappointment will surely bring on sadness. Aging often brings a sense of loss, too. The ‘unfairness’ of life broke the Psalmist’s heart. “But as for me, my feet had almost slipped;… Continue reading

Identity is not just about your name, it’s about who you think you are. Do you define yourself as a sinner, saint, bad, good, worthy, worthless? Paul addresses Christians in most of his letters as ‘saints.’  He called the believers… Continue reading