International travel is always just a little difficult. After traveling through 4 airports and 36 hours, a handful of people found themselves 4,300 miles away from their homes. They were now in Cachoeira, Brazil and were hoping God would use them to make a difference in the lives of people they had never met. This [...]
Mr. Etheridge was my guidance counselor in middle school. He was a kind man and always very patient. He continually gave me great advice and didn’t mind spending time listening to my problems, heartaches, and middle school woes. He was a great counselor and spoke the right words at just the right time. After all, [...]
Thunder and lightening are two things that always brought our family together when our kids were younger. I always knew when a thunderstorm was forecast, that our bedroom would have visitors. One flash of lightening and a crack of thunder would be followed by the thud of feet hitting the ground and the patter of [...]
Christmas is such a magical time of the year. Elves on the shelves, presents, family gatherings, ribbons, all the lights, decorated trees, and shopping tend to capture our imagination and time. For several months we become consumed with the magic of Christmas and all the other not so important things that accompany this season. With [...]
Selfishness is the root of a life that fails to show gratitude to God. Selfishness affects our view. Too often, it skews our view of God and our present circumstances. So, as a result, we look around at others with envy and jealousy for what they have without any thoughts about what we truly [...]
Truthfully, I am not the best when it comes to woodworking. But, early in my marriage I thought it would be something that I could master. I mean, how hard could it be? So, I spent much money to purchase the necessary equipment for me to build amazing things created from wood, sell my [...]
If you’re like me, around this point in the summer, you are probably getting very tired of humid mornings, sweaty afternoons, and militant mosquito evenings. Let's face it….we are all looking forward to the fall. Now, when I say fall, I’m talking about that time when kids go back to school, summer vacations become memories, [...]
Do you ever get that sick feeling in the pit of your stomach when you look up from your couch and notice an 18-inch crack in your family room wall? It’s a feeling that is really difficult to explain. What do we typically do? We quickly dream up the worst-case scenario. Our foundation is broken, [...]
I’m sure you are wondering about 168? Can you guess? Well, it’s simple. There are 168 hours in a week. Every one of us have 168 hours in each week. The question is, “What are with doing with those 168 hours?” I’ll tell you what we are doing. We do basically whatever we want [...]
It was very early in the morning. While Peter was denying knowledge of Jesus, Jesus was going through some of the most disrespectful times in three separate and illegal evening trials. At some point during the evening, Jesus had an opportunity to see Peter. During this brief encounter, and as Peter denied Jesus a [...]