What do you do when you see a Salvation Army bell ringer? Do you pretend you're busy or that you don't see them and just buzz on by?Do you feel annoyed and think things you'd rather not say like, "I don't have one more penny. I can't take another bell dinging."Do you feel pressured to give? Or do you give with gladness?I've done all the above.This Continue Reading
Who Highjacked Me this Christmas?
As I've entered this season of rest, I continue to grow more and more restless. Who highjacked me? I didn't plan on feeling so bold. There is a fire inside me that wants to speak for all those who have no voice. I feel a deep sense for Americans to wake up and focus on what really matters. Love. Forgiveness. Freedom. Our savior. Others.Christmas Continue Reading
Found
in the depths of despair i swim hoping for a safe place to hide breathing hard choking and spitting out water i see land i swim faster i crawl out shivering looking for shelter wanting warmth needing a place to lie my head a place of safety a place where i know i am secure i feel the sand between my toes i Continue Reading
Where Is the Love?
“I want deliberately to encourage this mighty longing after God. The lack of it has brought us to our present low estate. The stiff and wooden quality about our religious lives is a result of our lack of holy desire. Complacency is a deadly foe of all spiritual growth. Acute desire must be present or there will be no manifestation of Christ to His Continue Reading
Family Theology
"A family without a commitment to the God of the Bible has no hope of stemming the tide of cultural onslaught. If we mix a little biblical truth, a little secular physchology, a little romance novel idology, and a little eastern mysticism, we will get a deadly mixture of lies. Unfortunately, this is what many Christian families do . . . If we are Continue Reading
What is Love?
What does the word "love" really mean? Everyone knows God is love. Most of us have heard 1 Corinthians 13, love is patient, love is kind. Did you ever wonder why the first attribute of love series is "love is patient"? What does patient mean? The Greek word for patient is makrothumeō. It means to be long spirited, forbearing or (subjectively) Continue Reading