It’s that time of year again. A few weeks after school starts many families add their children’s sports activities to their already packed schedules. Our family is part of that trend. Our son just started a soccer season. Sports have played a vital role in our family. When I took our two daughters to […]
We dishonor Christ when we proclaim a Savior who satisfies…but live in discontent. Glenn Underhill I am a dreamer. I think outside the box. I am prone to get lost in thought about all I wish I could do for God and what kind of life I want to live for Him. As my […]
This summer I had a great time spiritually. Though I worked extremely hard every day at work and home, God did great things in my heart. This week I entered the fall semester greatly refreshed in spirit. One of the things I did to keep my mind on the things of God this summer was […]
A Life is like a tapestry. In the same way dark threads weave together with other glorious hues to produce a custom tapestry, hard circumstances weave together with glorious circumstances to produce a customized life not duplicated by anyone else in history. My week has been filled with both hard and glorious […]
…put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. (Colossians 3:10) Hearts and minds are shifting toward beginning another school year all across America. In our home, someone starts their school year each week of August. Around town, yellow school buses can be seen as bus drivers […]
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its result that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. 1 Peter 1:2-4 It’s August and my city is languishing in the heat. Women aren’t […]
Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? (1 Corinthians 3:16) This morning I meditated on the reality of this verse. Because I am a Christ follower… I am God’s temple. (Gulp) the HOLY Spirit dwells in me. (Wow.) I thought through each part of myself from […]
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elementary spirits of the world, and not according to Christ (Colossians 2:8) My men went camping this week and weren’t due back until Saturday night. My daughter and I were taking advantage of the quiet home […]
Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. (Revelation 5:11) That’s how many angels are encircle the throne of God. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. In a loud voice they sang: Worthy is the Lamb, who was […]
You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Matthew 5:14, ESV One of the key moments in my spiritual life occurred during a firework display for a 4th of July celebration. I imagined what it would be like if all Christians on the globe successfully reflected God’s […]
