ALL THINGS NEW

I will not cause pain without allowing something new to be born, says the Lord. Isaiah 66:9 NCV   Pain…I do not like it…I shy away from it…and pretty much …

FORGIVING OTHERS

You know I always thought that forgiving others was for yourself.  People would say, “How can I forgive them for what they did for me?”  And the standard answer would …

IDOLS IN MY LIFE

I remember as a kid reading the story of Aaron and the golden calf.  I read amazed at the foolishness of the Israelites.  They had witnessed so many incredible miracles …

FRENCH FRIES AND GOD?

When I was fresh out of college, I took a job as a full-time youth pastor at a Chinese church in San Francisco. Talk about a culture shock for me. …

SPREADING THEIR WINGS

My oldest child starts high school tomorrow.  We have done a mix in our schooling journey which has included about everything you can imagine: homeschooling, Christian school and public school. …

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?

What if you decide today, “I want to know how kids turn out when they have lived every single day in the same house with a mom who is a …

SIN WHISPERS

Sin whispers to the wicked, deep within their hearts. They have no fear of God at all.  In their blind conceit, they cannot see how wicked they really are.  Psalm …

BEAUTY IN GOD’S TIME

“He has made everything beautiful in its time.  He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” …

PEACE

“You will keep in PERFECT peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.  Trust in the Lord FOREVER, for the Lord, the Lord, is the ROCK ETERNAL.” …

DIRECT MY STEPS

“Because you are the true source of all that is really life, direct my steps away from all that is not of you.”   Bruce Wilkinson   Every day we …