A good pillow.
Ah, now we’re talking comfort. Just to lie in bed with our head cradled in a cushion of comfort.
Or maybe that new pair of slacks, you know, the pair with the Comfort Stretch ...
Protection No. 1:
“You have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; you have set my feet in a broad place.” – Psalm 31:8
The camp of the enemy is not our home. We live surrounded ...
Who hasn’t seen Pixar’s 2001 Monsters, Inc., an animated film that gave us a light-hearted look at the monsters that children imagine hiding in the dark?
“Animated,” we muse, “of course. ...
Fall is a time of reaping.
We head into the field, for it’s time to gather up the bounty of the summer’s labor, of our spring planting, of all the effort and expense we’ve invested in our ...
As beautiful as it is, the fall season looks like death.
And it is, after a fashion. The leaves blaze with color, but only because they are dying. The tree has already shut down its chlorophyll ...
What good is hope?
Isaiah 40:31 gives us the answer to that. Let’s look at this verse in four parts.
Part No. 1:
“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.”
Hope is a game ...
Memory is 20/20.
We can pick and choose … and toss away what we don’t like.
We remember how sweet the ice cream was but forget the dirty wheels on the ice cream truck.
That day at the lake? ...
It may not be Christmas, but let’s talk about it, anyway.
Those presents. They pile up under the tree, one after the other, higher and higher.
Now, here’s my question. Do you sneak in early and ...
You are loved. I am loved.
The hurting are loved. Humanity is loved. Unbelievers are loved.
Little children are loved, men are loved, women are loved, sinners, cranky people, old people, young ...
Spring … a time of rebirth and new life.
Yet, you don’t feel it. Winter still holds its harsh hand over your days, and all you can feel is the chill of January.
It’s time for you to come to ...
Do you sometimes feel like a blade of grass? A million other people are crowding your space, and just when you’re starting to get ahead, something comes along and chops you back?
You’re at ...
Life among the roses can be a thorny affair.
The roses are beautiful, and we want to pick each one, but the thorns can cut us even as we reach for them.
Where is our security when even the ...
No one’s life runs perfectly smooth.
There are always bumps along the way. Hiccups. Those potholes that we try to avoid, and we slam into them anyway.
We slap our forehead with the palm of our ...
A good pillow.
Ah, now we’re talking comfort. Just to lie in bed with our head cradled in a cushion of comfort.
Or maybe that new pair of slacks, you know, the pair with the Comfort Stretch ...
Protection No. 1:
“You have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; you have set my feet in a broad place.” – Psalm 31:8
The camp of the enemy is not our home. We live surrounded ...
Who hasn’t seen Pixar’s 2001 Monsters, Inc., an animated film that gave us a light-hearted look at the monsters that children imagine hiding in the dark?
“Animated,” we muse, “of course. ...
Fall is a time of reaping.
We head into the field, for it’s time to gather up the bounty of the summer’s labor, of our spring planting, of all the effort and expense we’ve invested in our ...
As beautiful as it is, the fall season looks like death.
And it is, after a fashion. The leaves blaze with color, but only because they are dying. The tree has already shut down its chlorophyll ...
What good is hope?
Isaiah 40:31 gives us the answer to that. Let’s look at this verse in four parts.
Part No. 1:
“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.”
Hope is a game ...
Memory is 20/20.
We can pick and choose … and toss away what we don’t like.
We remember how sweet the ice cream was but forget the dirty wheels on the ice cream truck.
That day at the lake? ...
