A few months ago my left eye became clouded, a blurry spot in the center of my field of vision. It was a frustrating thing. When I visited the retina specialist fearing a diagnosis of something being seriously wrong with… Continue reading

It’s been my privilege to visit Pike’s Peak in Colorado several times.  That massive mountain, which towers to 14,115 feet, overshadows a person. The same mountain provides a perch on the world at her summit; her sister mountains poking into… Continue reading

Starting something for all the right reasons and losing sight of the true goal is an all too common issue for us, isn’t it?  When I started in vocational ministry all those years ago, my desire was to fulfil God’s… Continue reading

Three years ago a contagion swept the globe, rapidly changing life as we knew it. The virus was easily transmitted and infected millions of people within a few weeks time, resulting in death, suffering, and economic loss. A tiny virus… Continue reading

Confidence is a real gift that is a foundation stone in success.  As children we learned a tale about a little railroad engine that pushed the train over the hill as he puffed “I think I can, I think I… Continue reading

I hesitated before putting my thoughts into words today because I know how quickly the idea of the ‘Devil’ is sensationalized, caricatured, or turned into a source of fear.  Christian, we do need a reminder, from time to time, that… Continue reading

Struggling with doubts is not an oddity among Christians. Everyone has seasons when faith gets wobbly – when fatigue, disappointment, sorrow, or sickness … become overwhelming and making it hard to ‘trust God.’ Christians describe such times in different ways… Continue reading

Our world teeters on the edge of chaos. Threats of war, an economy that is fragile, a divisive political scene, are but a few of the issues filling the news of the day. Even more significant, to me, is the… Continue reading

I’m a fan of a British detective show, Midsomer Murders.  In each episode the writers give several characters plausible motive for the crime to keep viewers guessing until the last few moments when the culprit is revealed. The murderer is… Continue reading

Spending time and money doing routine maintenance is not one of life’s more exciting moments. When I take my car to the garage at the prescribed intervals I pay for oil and filters that disappear under the hood, unseen. So… Continue reading