My parents worked hard day and night to provide a good home for their children. They worked in the place of employment during the day and during the night they worked just as hard in their diligence around the home and in engaging with their children and their church family. In fact to some degree […]
Read More Learning About RestThe beautiful thing about walking with Jesus is that He is very real. He is not inviting you to an easy life. He is not inviting you to a smooth life where everything goes your way. Not only does He explicitly tell you to expect opposition He even shows you how to respond to that […]
Read More Dealing with OppositionYou know all about progress. In the beginning, you created the heavens and earth. On day one you created light. On day two you separated the heavens from the earth and established the realms. On day three you divided the land from the waters and on the land you allowed vegetation to sprout. On day […]
Read More About Progress – A Prayerful ReflectionThere’s something that goes on with our thinking. We will keep going with something if we see the point in it and that point is far greater than anything that we go through to get there. Often, however, there are a number of issues that crop up that makes the point of persevering very hard […]
Read More Why Should You Keep Going?When I feel small and insignificant. When I think I cannot make it. When I think the odds against me are too great. When I think I’m too weak to make it. I thank you for your word that reminds me that it has absolutely nothing to do with me other than my capacity to […]
Read More Undefeated: A Prayerful Reflection“Oh, I didn’t know that.” Back in the late 20th Century at that pivotal transitional stage of life when I was a child legally, but got the feeling I’m not the child I was, there were several sources of information: television news, radio news, newspapers and magazines, the local library, my parents and the friends […]
Read More What You Need To KnowThere is something sweet about success. Allow me to ground that in some context. The most influential collection of writings in my life remains the Bible. The single most influential person in my life is still Jesus Christ. Unsurprisingly I spend a fair bit of time reading the Bible and looking for Jesus in it […]
Read More Well Done: The Sweetness of SuccessCan you imagine this? You’re a great leader. You’re at the forefront of a movement that has seen you defy all the odds. The greatest power of the day came to nothing because of the meek and humble approach with which you challenged them for the sake of justice. Now a people that were oppressed […]
Read More See It Then Live ItGood friends really are priceless. There was this conversation I had with a good friend. In the conversation we recalled an intriguing practice in certain church settings. There are some who believe that church is about the people, not really about the buildings or other things. It’s about the people and relationships. Despite that, the […]
Read More Maybe Reverse The Order?There is comfort in the familiar. Take your daily routine. There might be minor variations on it, but there’s something reassuring that you know what time you’ll wake up, how you’ll drag yourself to have a shower, then you’ll get your clothes on and might grab some breakfast, say good morning to the children waking […]
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