What’s the Spiritual Ripple Effect?
On Sunday, our church prayed off another family moving out of state. As a pastor, it’s never easy to send off a family. It always stings a little. This family…
Stop Being on the Outside Looking In
Our daughter has been in Paris for six weeks of her twelve-week language immersion trip. Just about every day, my wife and I hope she will post pictures of the…
Are You Going to Lay There and Take It?
There was once an Olympic runner who tripped right out of the starting gate. As the world watched this top medal contender tumble, I held my breath to see if…
What’s the Narrow Way?
Way back in the Stone Age, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, we had these things called maps. Of course, they were a lot different from the ones on your phone…
How to Get God’s Favor
We spend much of our lives trying to get people to like us. The desire to be loved and accepted is in our God-given design. We want to be appreciated.…
How God Makes You into Something You are Not
Two of my nieces were over the other day and decided it was the perfect time to perform a talent show while bouncing on my bed. The talent they chose…