So, you’re in the boxing ring.
The lights are on, the crowds are cheering, and the referee is ready for the game to begin.
Your opponent is muscled up, grinding his fists, and if looks could ...
We love the idea of getting something for free, but most “freebies” aren’t really free at all. We trade our time and resources for the “free” veggies we grow in our backyard garden. That ...
Punitive damages.
It’s a legal term that means we intend to get someone’s attention. We want to hit them where it hurts, in their pocketbook. They’ll know our anger, because we’ve impacted ...
Twelve hours.
That’s how the world turns. Twelve hours of darkness and twelve hours of daylight.
The closer we are to the poles, the more that skews, ten-fourteen, or eight-sixteen, but it ...
Let's look at our verse in Malachi 3:6:
"I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed."
The nature of the world around us is rooted in change. An ...
Take the crocus. It is the simplest of flowers, yet it does something no other flower does. It blooms through the final blanket of the early spring snowfall, sticking its tentative shoot upward, even ...
Read more: Our VIBRANT God
Something amazing!
That’s got to be God’s will for my life.
Surely he wants me to attend missionary school, go to an unchurched nation, and win thousands, no … millions for Christ! Yes! ...
Redemptive love ... a level of love that refuses to break the chain of commitment that bonds people together. This is another type of unbreakable love, an ingrained element of God’s nature, ...
Working nine to five.
Many of us do that just to pay the bills.
The idea is that we give up part of our day, and someone gives us money in return. We may not begin at nine and end at five, but the ...
Coins have two sides. One often has the face of a man, there to brag about the importance of the individual. The other tells a story, at times giving a historical brief about a country or state. We ...
Read more: No Small Thing
The snowmen have melted and the ice is gone from the roof. Strings of lights are put away for another holiday season, and the chocolates of Valentine’s Day are long since ...
Read more: Our WINDY God
“I have loved you with an everlasting love …”
― Jeremiah 31:3 ―
Everlasting love ... that sounds pretty unbreakable to me. And the word everlasting goes both ways, into the past and ...
Stages are useful. They elevate us above everyone so that we can be seen. Our voice projects better, and people can hear us from farther away.
However, when we are face-to-face with the people ...