Finishing Well

Like many my age, I’m thinking back and looking ahead. Life has happened so quickly, passed by so swiftly, that I suddenly look around and ...

"Fix your  hope completely on the  grace  to be brought to you at  the revelation of Jesus Christ." 1 Peter Hope is a wonderful...

It's the 4th of July.  Independence day.  Independence from the rule of another country.  The establishment of freedom for all.  One ...

There is nothing like ripe, fresh fruit.   To be able to pick a piece of fruit from the tree and eat it is one of the great experie...

One of the most amazing passages in the bible is in 2 Kings 23 where King Josiah is told about the book of the law, discovered after many...

I often think I am farther along in this thing called "The Christian life" than I really am.  I like to believe that I'm m...

Because who you are when no one is watching  is the one God sees when you think no one is watching

Psalm 42- "As a deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for you, O God." In an arid place like Israel the pictur...

Jesus invites us to come as we are, but he never  allows us to stay that way. His goal is to make us  like  himself. Our job is to let h...

"The earth is FULL of the lovingkindness of the Lord." Psalm 33 All around me, even when I don't see it, even when I ...

I'm always amazed at the words of Paul as he writes his letters.  Of course I can't forget they were inspired words, but God had...

The ship is listing badly Water pours over the side The storm continues Lightening flashes Waves grow Hope fades ...

Today, early in night hours, a madman created a tragedy that is hard to imagine.  In a few hours he killed over 50 people and injured anoth...

 " In those days there was no king in Israel;  everyone did what was right in his own eyes." -Judges A culture without ...