There I go, again! As my irritation shifted into anger, I felt the heat creeping into my face, the surge of adrenalin racing through my body.  I was ready to go to battle! After I walked away and calm returned,… Continue reading

Has all the bad news taken hold of you, left you anxious, or full of despair? Are feeling like the cynical man who brushed off my greeting with a snarl: “It’s Christmas! Yeah, so what?” This ‘holy day’ Season you… Continue reading

The murders of little school children in Connecticut and the ongoing wars that bring death and destruction to innocents in dusty corners of Syria and Afghanistan filled the news with nothing but despair. Beside these things, there is the spiritual… Continue reading

“The End of the world is coming!”  At least that is the underlying theme of so much news.  Exaggeration distorts our view of the world, our understanding of the future.  Supposedly the United States faces a ‘fiscal cliff’ in the… Continue reading

A culture adrift? Our local newspaper reported the story of a high school substitute teacher who was suspended from his job for giving a student his Bible. Yes, that’s all there is to the story. There’s no hidden detail, no… Continue reading

Have you finished your Christmas shopping yet? If you’re like a majority of Americans, you still have people on your list for whom there is no gift under the tree. It can be difficult to find the “right” gift for… Continue reading

The Bible says that we are ‘made in God’s image,’ that we are to reflect His nature in our thoughts, words, and actions. There is just one big problem:  sin!  Though we don’t like to talk about it, sin is … Continue reading

“What are you doing here?” I sometimes wander off into the swamps of doubt, the valleys of fear, or the deserts of selfishness. I allow stinking thinking to take over in my head and it takes me where I need… Continue reading

“Handle paper once.”  The woman leading the training session was talking about how to make an office efficient, how to keep the  work stream flowing. She elaborated, “ Don’t let things go. Finish things you start, whenever possible, before moving… Continue reading

A Flair for the Dramatic? P.T. Barnum built a career on providing entertainment.  His show, which was titled  “P. T. Barnum’s Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan & Hippodrome,” traveled the pre-TV, 19thcentury United States, attracting people to a show full… Continue reading