Faith

Our AUGUST God

Summer extends well past the end of August, but for all practicality, August wraps up the activities of the summer season, even as we feel summer's heat linger deep into September. The year has moved ...

Four Lepers and the Lord

Sometimes we face those moments when we can go no further. Life has thrown us into the dust, and we can’t even look up. We have the blinders of depression obscuring every good thing that used to ...

God's GPS

When we type a destination in our GPS, we trust it to take us where we need to go. The same should be true of our trust in ...

With Blinded Eyes

When horses are on the road, they often wear blinders. Why? Their eyes are on the sides of their heads, and they are easily distracted. The blinders (also known as blinkers or winkers) help keep the ...

Trust or Bust

Trust in others is at the core of a successful job, a wise investment, or a good marriage. When trust begins to erode, our foundations weaken, and things collapse around us. We no longer get the ...

Our HOT God

In this world we strive for security. We install alarms in our houses; we live in gated communities; even our phones require security codes to gain access to our ...

Our Touchdown Dance

Anyone who plays football knows there is no such thing as an easy victory. The game of football is a shoulder-numbing, head-cracking grind, and progress is only made in fits and ...

Good Men Can Be Found in Bad Places

When we drive in an unfamiliar area, and we see boarded up windows and derelict cars, we usually try to drive right on past as quickly as ...

Our BEACH God

The heat of summer draws us to the ocean just as the pressures of life draw us unto God. In the same way that we are refreshed at the BEACH, so are we refreshed when we spend time with ...

Where Is God to Be Found?

We’ve all played that childhood game, Hide and Seek. We count out our numbers, and when we open our eyes and look around, there is no one to be ...

When the Lights Go Out

In 2003 a massive blackout swept across the Northeast, stretching from Ohio to New York, and reaching from Canada in the north to New Jersey and Connecticut at its ...

What Is Faith?

What is faith? Is it the lack of doubt? After her death, Mother Teresa’s diaries were published. In them she expressed her doubt that God existed. Yet, no one can deny the good she did in his ...

Which Will We Choose?

It is the question of nature versus nurture. Do our genetics make us who we are, or is it the world around us that creates the person we must be? Do we even have a choice in the matter? Can we take ...