Change tinkles like diamonds in a crystal bowl.
In our pocket as we walk, in the bottom of our purse, or in our hand when we shake it around, those tiny rounds of metal sing to us as we go through ...
The modern thing is to Celebrate Us!
Cheer on the Things We’ve Done Right!
Whoop! Whoop! Let’s gather around for a party because We’re the Best We Can Be!
All that’s okay, but there’s ...
What good things have come your way recently?
Has good news flooded your inbox? A message from an old friend?
Maybe “good things” means financial gain for you.
Has your credit card limit ...
Set a glass of water in the freezer.
Leave it there for a few hours, long enough to coat the top with a solid layer of ice.
Then take a drink. You can’t, can you?
The water’s still in there, ...
We have a holiday song we sometimes sing. It starts like this:
Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful …
Those words translate to more than cold and snow and the ...
What’s good about Christmas?
Everything, you say. It’s all perfect, wonderful, and joyous.
Setting up the tree! How fun!
Cooking for a month! Exciting!
Midnight gift-wrapping sessions! ...
So you’re not the soloist in the choir.
Does that make you less of a Christian example?
You were never successful teaching a Sunday school class.
How much does God favor you if you’ve failed ...
We can improve our memories with verses of song.
It’s in our vocal muscle memory. We can hear a fragment of a song from decades before, and we can sing it, even though we’d forgotten we knew ...
David in the Bible struggled with his role as God’s chosen ruler over Israel.
The man was a warrior and king, and he united the 12 fractured tribes of Israel. He also wove the religious faith of ...
America has a turnaround culture.
We pull ourselves up by our bootstraps. Put on a new leaf. Turn to the sun. Get up on the other side of the bed.
Each of these means the same. We change our ...
David, the master songsmith, the singer of praises, and the worship leader of Israel, gave us much of the Book of Psalms.
A favorite verse from the man after God’s own heart comes from Psalm ...
Is it okay to be angry at God?
How about when we feel God’s made us a promise, and it falls flat over and over?
Or the person we love betrays us, perhaps in death, when God had promised us a ...
A brilliant sunrise is the best start to any day.
It’s life returning to a darkened sky, and it lifts our spirit along with the rising sun.
Revelation 7:16-17 tells of the rising of the Son, of ...
