Outrageous Gratitude!
"For all things are for your sakes, so that grace, having spread to more and more people, will cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God." 2 Corinthians 4:15 (NASB) Gratitude. What do you think of when you
Encounters Are Sacred – Be Interested Over Interesting
"Make your ear attentive to wisdom, incline your heart to understanding." Proverbs 2:2 (NASB) Dale Carnegie said, “You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by
Our Past Is Not Our Future
"Forget what happened in the past, and do not dwell on events from long ago. I am going to do something new. It is already happening. Don’t you recognize it?" Isaiah 43:18-19 (GW) They terrified her. Yes, she was guilty. Yes,
Your Work Matters … to God!
Do you love your job? Does what you do for a living bring meaning to your life? No doubt we’ve all had goals or dreams of the work we truly wanted to do in our lives. Yet often, the work
When Your Adult Children Lose Their Faith
"Teach a child to choose the right path, and when they are older, they will remain upon it." Proverbs 22:6 (TLB) One of the more difficult struggles we face as parents is how to approach our
Growing vs. Groaning – A Larger View of God
"'For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,' declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.'"
Aligning With God’s Heart
"Commit your works to the Lord, and your plans will be established." Proverbs 16:3 (NASB) A friend recently told me he had been seeing a chiropractor regularly for the last several years. I asked why, a little surprised
Giving – The Secret to Joyful Living
"The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful
Embracing Our Shared Identity
"For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, and there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in
A Father’s Day Prayer
This Sunday is Father's Day, the day we pause and recognize fathers for all they do for us! While God is the ultimate source for our lives, our earthly fathers, even with their imperfections, shape the men and women we