In 1906, a great calamity struck the city of San Francisco. The most devastating earthquake in the city’s history brought the Paris of the West tumbling to the ground. The majority of the ...

Describe how you start each morning. Not aloud, just in your thoughts. This is just for you. Then imagine those words floating in the air above your head. Would they serve as a warning … keep ...

Loosey-goosey. What does that mean to you? It’s slang, so maybe it’s not part of your regular vocabulary, so let’s look at what Dictionary.com has to say. First, we need to know that this is ...

In 1911, Roald Amunsen led the first expedition to reach the South Pole. He successfully made his conquest on December 14th of that year. Two years earlier, Frederick Cook and Robert Peary both ...

Some things need to explode to get the job done. And I’m not talking about military ordnance of the destructive sort. I mean good things, beneficial things, events and situations that we want to ...

The Song of Solomon in the biblical Old Testament is known as the Love Book. It is essentially a collection of love poems. They celebrate love, joy, and finding connection between the human and ...

One mistake. When it’s bad enough, that’s all it takes. We are overcome with shame, and we can’t see the light of anyone’s love. Perhaps it’s a tragic accident that leaves a loved one ...

There’s a truism out there that we as Christians often don’t want to face. It’s in the darkest room that the light shines brightest. How clearly can we see the shining face of the Father when ...

Launch. To spring from the place you are in with no control of where you will end. More specifically, to be shot out of a cannon with no way to step back into self-doubt and regret. That’s what ...

It’s easy to want things too much. Our church has 1000 members, but just down the road is one with 10,000. We glare each time we pass by and think, “What are we doing wrong?” Or we raise ...

Social media has become a cultural phenomenon. Travel on public transportation and look at the faces up and down the seats. Earbuds, the glow of screens, and thumbs tapping away are the norm. We keep ...

Explosions can be destructive or constructive. We can explode ordnance by triggering the detonation cord. The ordnance goes boom, and there’s not much left to pick up or sort through. However, an ...

“Ah, God knows what I need.” Have you heard that one? It seems logical, doesn’t it? We serve an all-knowing Father, one who has his thumb in every pie. There’s nothing that transpires ...