“Would your faith be as strong as it is if_____________ happened to you?”  I don’t like questions that begin this way.  Why deal with hypothetical situations?  I believe God’s grace will be sufficient for whatever is required of me in whatever may be in my future, just as it has been in my past.  So… Read More »

You’ve made it to another weekend. God has provided for you. He has protected you. He has allowed you some pleasures. You’ve had some refreshing moments with people. He’s given you some perspective. Blessed you with His presence. So go ahead “O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to… Read More »

As athletes feed off the energy of the home crowd, I feed off the energy of Your support, Lord.  I raise my arms, beckoning the roar of Your voice, so loud it “breaks the cedars.” Or You can shout quietly, with a still, small voice.  Either way, your cheers of encouragement inspire me onward, giving… Read More »

(As promised, here are the “Art Pieces” From Sunday’s Message “Boosting Your Signal”) I am for anything and anyone whose heart is to point people to the living, risen Christ. To desire Him, connect with Him, to experience and promote the riches that are in Him.  In knowing Him.  Anyone who desires to live in… Read More »

The best preparation I can make for today is to trust the Lord to move my spirit to where it has the strongest signal for receiving who He wants to be to me today, that I might be “strengthened with all power according to *His* glorious might.”

While walking this morning, I was meditating on the idea that life in all its forms is a miracle. I picked up a leaf. don’t know why, but this simple poem is the result: Every person, like a leaf, Is part of the landscape Of God’s magnificence. Yet each is noticed and valued. When they… Read More »

(This is an unusual post from me because I really don’t like to focus on negative human behavior. Instead, I would rather promote the One who transforms human beings. But today someone needs to be alerted and advised about *dealing* with a particular type of negative behavior. So here’s one of those alerts!) It is… Read More »

Throughout the Scriptures the Lord’s most oft-repeated and reassuring words to His people are “I am with You.”  That means whatever may be, whatever may come, you will always be amply supplied, faithfully supported and often surprised by His wonders.  He will always creatively reacquaint you with His magnificence:  “Behold! I am the Lord, the God of all flesh!  Is… Read More »

The Lord inhabits the unfamiliar and the unexpected. He is found in the margins. We see Him in the small windows. He appears in the nuances. A degree to the left. An inch higher. A little deeper. He’s on the little dirt road off the main highway. In the broom closet just around the corner… Read More »

“… and such were some of you…” (1 Corinthians 6:11). I was strolling through yesterday and quite unexpectedly stepped into a rather unpleasant pile of personal history. Our history can be humbling. But humility is a good thing. God gives grace to the humble. He lifts up the humble. Humility is the prelude to praise,… Read More »