Thank You, Lord, for all of this.  I’m talking about this life I have in You.  It is glorious beyond human sight.  It is a revelation from on high.  It is personal disclosure from the living one who is as real as He is unseen.  Oh, how I wish others could see You for who… Read More »

For pilots, flying by sight is fine on clear and sunny days, but when the weather is stormy, cloudy and dark, when visibility is poor, they need their instrument panel.   In the same way, when things are going well for us and our way is clear before us, we can navigate rather easily, but… Read More »

“Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long. But the LORD is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked” (Psalm 129:3-4).   Let us give thanks to the Lord for His protection and for the resilience He gives us day by day. Though the evil one, in all… Read More »

Imagine for a moment what would happen if you returned to your old high school and went to class with the rest of the students. Imagine taking a seat, pulling out your notebook and readying yourself for the morning lesson. The teacher calls the names. Yours isn’t on her list. She asks you if you’re… Read More »

To our graduates: We are all proud of you, and you should be proud of you.  It’s a day you will always remember.  I graduated the year Richard Nixon resigned from the White House.  Tom Brady, age 43, the oldest quarterback in NFL history to win a Super Bowl, wasn’t in diapers; he was three… Read More »

“Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy” (1 Peter 1:8).   Thank You, Lord, for giving me the faith to believe You are present, attentive and lovingly supportive – even when… Read More »

June is my birthday month and to celebrate I’m planning to take a moment each day to enjoy a small “treat.” Yesterday, as I was pondering what would be my first choice, I went out to get the mail and, as if right on cue, there was a handmade birthday card from one of our… Read More »

Memorial Day is really not, in the truest sense of the word, a “holiday,” which the dictionary defines as “a day of festivity or recreation when no work is done.” It is instead an all-day memorial service for real people who had real lives, and who really died in defense of our nation. It is… Read More »

Following Christ is more than following the rules. It means clothing ourselves with Christ (Rom 13:14). How does that happen? As we adore Him, we adorn Him. What inspires us to adore Him? Realizing how much He adores us. How do we realize how much He adores us? By worshiping Him with thanksgiving and praise.… Read More »