Photo by Henrieke Fischer on Unsplash “ God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. ” Was that...

Some time back, the phrase, “an attitude of gratitude” came to mind. It reignited a thankfulness in my heart for every little thing I...

The devil is such a pro at playing the game he likes to call, The Blame Game. Find fault. Point the accusing finger. Watch people squirm....

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised,...

Time waits for no man. That’s what they say, and I am inclined to agree. I can get in such a dither when distractions crop up like...

Second Corinthians 4:17 calls this mess down here; light afflictions, a slight distress of the passing hour. Umm . . . can I just say,...

I’ve been stuck in a dry season spiritually as of late. Can’t seem to find my way forward with the Lord. He feels so distant, so...

Lazarus, four days in the tomb, was dead, stinky dead.[i] The son of a grieving widow, borne by pallbearers to his final resting place,...

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12 I caught myself the other day toying...

I blubbering lost it recently at a prayer meeting when someone thanked the Lord for the nearly 8,000 at a gathering of 12,000 in Egypt...

I can tell you right here and now that this aging business isn’t for the squeamish, because today another complaint popped up on my...

Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day, and he saw it and was glad. John 8:56 Abraham rejoiced to see millenniums ahead to what...

Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need....

I’d planned on going a different direction for this month’s blog, but in light of the nightmarish happenings in Israel and Gaza, I can’t...

Bill had preached his heart out, had given his all, and for what? Apparently, nothing, because not one person in the congregation that...

Crash! Bang! Boom! Calamity strikes again. Wham! Blam! Pow! A natural disaster here, an environmental crisis there. Shocking sights and...

Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” Genesis 32:26 A...

One of our pastors recently preached a weighty message. The crux of it was that per God’s instructions, Noah built an ark. That ark was...

Pilate said to them, Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called the Christ? ...

A strange thing happened to me some time back when my husband and I met a guest speaker at church. As introductions were being made, the...