Are You “Wildflower Dating” or “Snowmanning” God? As I talk to singles today, I often wish for a slang dictionary to keep up with their descriptions of our contemporary dating culture. Regardless of age, terms such as pocketing, cookie-jarring, ghosting,...
Blessings in Disguise Ever hear about a guy named Jabez? He was all the rage 25 years ago, or at least his prayer was all the rage. I’ve been praying a tweaked version of that prayer for years. And it centers around redefined blessings. Jabez and his now-famous...
Funeral of My Independence So many funerals in the past several months. Funerals commemorating the end of physical lives. The end of hopes and dreams. And the end of relationships that leave a hole in our hearts. Funerals acknowledge that physical death is a painful...
Pause, Pray, Ponder, Proceed We’ve all experienced times when life throws us a curveball. Have you ever adopted the four P’s—pause, pray, ponder, proceed—in those situations? A friend shared this practice as a biblically wise method of approaching bumps in the...
Calling Out the Ugly Ugliness surrounds us. As much as we’d like to, we can’t escape it. The apostle Paul called Satan “the prince of the power of the air” (Eph. 2:2). As we look around, the evidence is overwhelming. Of course, if we could escape the ugliness out...
Finding God's Will - Part 2 Have you ever felt as if searching for God’s will is like a reluctant game of hide and seek as we hunt for elusive answers? In Part 1 last week, I explored whether we really want to know God’s will. The post closed with this question: Can...
6 Responses to Trouble Life’s not fair! Any doubts about this truth are quickly dispelled by our own experiences. There’s no denying life is becoming more difficult with each passing year. Inflation is destroying buying power. Politics is destroying...
Getting Rid of STUFF Getting Rid of STUFF I’ve been preparing for a move for the past 12 months after 25 years in the same home. And by preparation, I mean getting rid of stuff. I sold stuff. I gave away stuff. And I tossed more stuff. All that...
Going for Spiritual Gold Have you been impressed as you watch the winter Olympics athletes? Men and women who are “all in” to achieve excellence in their chosen field. Pushing their bodies to the limits of endurance, and sometimes even past those limits. Being...
The Greatest Command is the Greatest Challenge Quick—what’s the greatest command in the Bible? And what does the greatest command look like in our lives when we obey it? Matthew 22:37 records Jesus’s answer to the question, “Which is the greatest commandment in...
Are You “Wildflower Dating” or “Snowmanning” God? As I talk to singles today, I often wish for a slang...
Blessings in Disguise Ever hear about a guy named Jabez? He was all the rage 25 years ago, or at least his...
Funeral of My Independence So many funerals in the past several months. Funerals commemorating the end of physical...