There are three chapters in the Old Testament that give us the words of a man who saw a terrible calamity coming on God’s people. Old Habby realized that the Babylonians were growing strong and at the very same time… Continue reading

“Am I up to the task?” is a question that sometimes stops me in my tracks! After a long meeting with our church’s Leadership Team last night (a good meeting, by the way) I drove home asking the Lord if… Continue reading

Today is full of opportunities. The biggest impediments that we will overcome to gain those opportunities are yesterday and tomorrow! Are you paralyzed in the present by ‘yesterday?’ Regret about choices made in the past throws a strong chain around… Continue reading

It is now obvious that the carefully laid financial plans for the future that we designed to perpetuate our lifestyles are being shredded by an economic hurricane now blowing ’round the world! Savings are gone, investments are worth half of… Continue reading

There’s nothing quite like a good night’s sleep. When my body is aching with fatigue, when I cannot think clearly because of lack of sleep – there is nothing like sinking into my bed and drifting into a deep, peaceful… Continue reading

Our emotions are so entwined with our spirituality that sometimes it impossible to separate the two, isn’t it? When a person grows depressed, he may conclude God has forsaken him. When great pain brought on by loss or illness presses… Continue reading

I watched the VP debates last night. Who won? All the talking heads agree that the answer to that question depends on what the viewer’s preference was going into the 90 minute encounter of candidates. An hour and half of… Continue reading

I believe that the current economic difficulties are rooted in a basic problem that shows up throughout our American culture – an inability to say “No,” to ourselves. We think we are entitled to bigger, better, more, and much! For… Continue reading

“Empower” is a current buzzword. When somebody is said to be ’empowered,’ it means that they have been invested with authority, given legal status, or had resources handed to them. We used to talk about providing equal opportunities to people… Continue reading

From the subject line, you could conclude that I do not buy the alarmist language of our national leaders warning of an impending economic implosion. Honestly, what I know about economics ends with a balanced checkbook and mortgage interest rates,… Continue reading