It’s less than two weeks until Christmas. So how’s your Christmas spirit holding up? Do you feel connected to God? Or has the busyness of the season already robbed you of what little joy and peace you had? Sometimes I think the root of our problem is the simple fact that we practically live like […]
What are your deepest desires? Deepest fears? What do you want? The answers to those questions lie within your heart. The heart is tough to describe though. Even tougher to figure out. The heart includes our emotions, passions, appetites and conscience. It includes our mind and will. Of course, I guess you could separate all […]
Bigger is not always better. Just ask Jesus. In Luke 14:25-35, He had a large crowd following. Exciting, right? Who wouldn’t love that? High energy. Momentum. Things are starting to take off. That’s when Jesus turns to the crowd and tells them they can’t be one of His disciples if they don’t hate their family […]
You have a need. God promises to meet that need…but nothing happens. So you wait. Then you wait some more. And you keep waiting…and waiting…and waiting. Until you’re tired of waiting. So tired. After God promised Abraham and Sarah they would have a son, they waited 25 years for his birth. David waited 14 years […]
I don’t know who first said that. Probably the Marines. Years ago when Robyn and I owned a personal training facility, we had one particular client (we’ll call her Susan) who’s goal seemed to be the avoidance of pain at all costs. Susan had certain exercises she liked and had a certain level of resistance […]
I was reminded this morning that there’s often no “right” answer. A friend, who’s developing a logo for our church, sent me several designs yesterday. There was one I liked more than the others. This morning, he sent the links to a number of church websites so I could check out their logos. Knowing that […]