Finishing Well

None of us like suffering, but there is nothing that will clear your mind of the things that don't matter like pain.  Suffering has a ...

The greatest need of the human heart is kindness.  Kindness from another, a smile, a soft word, a caring touch, the awareness that the othe...

"...we make it our aim to please him." 2 Cor. 5 Imagine if this was the primary goal of every believer. Just this o...

As I read the news, watch the Twitter feeds, read my friend's Facebook posts I realize we are missing the glory.  Our eyes are focuse...

Truth exists.   Truth is never personal but always universal.   If truth exists then it's important to know what it is.   ...

"We can offer ourselves to God as living sacrifices only because someone else offered himself as a dying one." Mike Messerli (...

"The night is almost gone, and  the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside  the deeds of darkness and put on  the armor of light.   L...

Today I face a difficult task.  One I wish I could avoid.  My mind and heart recoil at the thoughts of what awaits me.  I dread it! Today ...

It's early Monday morning.  I woke hours before dawn and knew it was time to get up...to read, to listen, to be quiet before the day ...

"Better is a handful of  quietness  than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind."   Eccl. 4:6 A handful of qui...

This morning I'm sitting on the patio as the sun rises.  Birds singing, breeze swirling around me, beautiful clouds reflecting the ri...

There is a lot of debate about why violence has increased in our country, why school shootings are now so common.  The debate on one side bl...

On his way to Rome in a ship doomed to destruction Paul spoke to the crew and passengers these words, " For this very night  an angel ...

One truth most are unwilling to deal with is this- God has written on every soul this word, "mine." He has claimed each of us...

"And now, little children, abide in him...."  1John 2.  Jesus and John both invite us to 'abide in him.'  What does that ...