Patience always seems to get a bad reputation. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve heard people talk about patience as if it were some kind of ugly word only to be uttered in the middle of some of life’s biggest crisis situations. The truth is much different, and I hope this [...]
Friendships are often very difficult to manage. There are three important ways to maintain friendships. These strategies will help you to maintain and grow your friendships into something special.
New hopes, new dreams, new promises, renewed goals, renewed activities, and a new sense of “I can do it” all accompany the anticipation of a new calendar year. I have always been amazed at how moving from one month to another can spark the energy to do something fresh. This attitude often grows in [...]
Why do we hurt? We hurt because God created us in His image and we experience emotions. Emotional hurt deeply interferes with normalcy in our lives and comes in several different forms. People either intentionally do things that hurt us or unintentionally do things that hurt us. Either way, hurt is a part of [...]
It seemed appropriate for our children to study about Noah’s ark and the flood in our Sunday School this past Sunday. Our parking lot had become a flowing river and people all over the city began to experience the results of 10-17 inches of rain over the past couple of days. For [...]
When you hear the term upside-down, it most always refers to some kind of mess. A bag of flour turned upside-down means a broom and a mop. When mom comes home and the house is turned upside-down somebody’s in trouble. A grocery bag turned upside down means apples and oranges all over your trunk. [...]
A man after God's heart seldom uses the word "I" in a conversation. It is way to easy to use the word “I” in a conversation. Think about how many times you use that word in conversations with others. The reason why is because we live in a world that says, “success means the [...]
Did you sleep well last night? Not Jesus... It was very early in the morning. While Peter denied knowing Jesus, Jesus was going through some of the most disrespectful times in six separate and illegal evening trials. At some point between Thursday night and Friday morning, Jesus saw Peter. During this brief encounter, and [...]
I’ll never forget the day I took the door off my daughter’s room. No, I didn’t knock it down! She was mad about something (I really don’t even remember what it was) and went upstairs to her room and slammed her door. I quietly walked upstairs to her room, took the screwdriver out, and [...]
Dungeons and Dragons, Lord of the Rings, Super Heroes, and Science Fiction movies all take us into the land of fantasy and transform us into other worlds and story lines that cause us to cheer for the underdogs, believe in the unbelievable, and expect the good guys to win at the end of the [...]