This year I will celebrate my 50th anniversary. In 2020, that’s a pretty big deal. There have been good times and bad times. There have been days when we weren’t thrilled with each other. At no time in those 50 years, did I consider ending […]
Category: The Spiritual
A Bad Day
Have you ever had a really bad day? I don’t mean a day when you wake and there’s no coffee or your team loses or you burn supper. I’m talking about days you want to crawl under a table or back into bed. These are […]
Demonic Disunity
This is a very divided world. In Washington, votes seem to be 51-49 most of the time. There is talk about “breaking ties.” The divide is wide. Folks on either side can’t seem to understand or even hear what’s being said across the chasm. There […]
I Must Decrease – What a Hard Saying
Say this out loud, “I must decrease.” How about this: “Less of me.” Hard isn’t it. It’s unnatural for us to believe that we should decrease. It’s easier to say “More of Jesus, Less of Me.” or “Jesus must increase. I must decrease.” When we […]
Try Getting Your Hands Dirty
When I was a teenager, my parents got me a job “gardening.” Well, it was mostly just weed pulling at well-to-do homes in Crowley where we lived. The gardens seemed endless and the Acadia Parish heat, unbearable. I credit that employment with my motivation to […]
Rich Men in Heaven
A good friend of mine just returned from Nepal. One of his observations interested me: We were able to spend time in many home churches throughout the city of Katmandu. It reminded me so much of the early church. For them, their relationship with Christ […]
Precious Promises
3 His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine […]
Rescue
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, Colossians 1:13 You are not hidden There’s never been a moment You were forgotten You are not hopeless Though you have been […]