What we think determines how we feel. Or does it? Because if we’re so sure that our thoughts shape our feelings, wouldn’t it make sense for us to spend a deliberate amount of time trying to discipline our thought life? Yet most of us continue to enjoy the luxury (or…
God, if you’re real Then where are you When right now Somewhere in this world There’s a child Hopeless and alone Feeling a heap of shame That they inherited Passed down To them Because parents do What their parents did Replaying Distorted images Struggling humans Just fighting for the breath…
O.k., first let me say that I am by no means a Bible scholar. I just wish to shed light on a subject that has come to the the forefront as of recent, even making its way to national news outlets such as Fox News: Whether the recent activity in…
When I start to speak out about anything, I feel afraid because I remember Jesus’ words “Let him without sin, cast the first stone.” What can we do to make a difference in the lives of those who are suffering at the hands of those who “know not what they…
It keeps coming to my attention that I have always had a problem associating with “the least of these,” though to many I am considered to be one of “the least of these.” “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of…
It seems for me, impossible to stop praying the same prayers over and over again like a broken record. When before I’ve always felt my prayers to be authentic conversation with God (God, my life is quite miserable today. Please do something about it.), after which I felt better once…
There are a lot of us who’ve grown up in the church. But there’s little difference between us and the world. Just like them we’re quickly aging and either frantically searching or habitually exhausted by never finding the right answers. Our goal is to save enough for retirement and the…
Salvation Unplugged – But now I see through the glass clearly, until I take my eyes off of Jesus again. In my quest to re-read Christianity God gave me a gift, not in exchange for something I’d done or as retribution for the misery to which I’d subjected myself all…
Yes. I know. Jesus IS real. But is he real to you? Has he made a noticeable difference in your life? What does the before & after picture look like for you? Does the you before Jesus and the you after Jesus- look different or just like more of the same? How…
Today is my 7 year wedding anniversary. I’m very thankful for marriage, the gift that God has given us to experience companionship and intimacy. I strongly believe that anything God labels as “good,” higher principalities and powers of evil are seeking to destroy! Our hearts and minds are all twisted with the…
“Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:2-4 Sometimes our perspective on life gets tainted. We can’t see through the glass clearly anymore. God becomes like a faint memory of something good or bad, a dusty…
During every choir rehearsal I am filled with awe at the beauty of song. Every single melody is like an infinite praise rolling off our tongues, a gift of word to tune that we sing back to God. The song, the instrument, the breath that gives voice to our hopes…
O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder. Who am I that you are mindful of me? I love you Lord, and I lift my voice. My Jesus, My Savior, Lord there is none like you. Light of the world, you stepped down into darkness. Isn’t it amazing that…
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Philippians 4:8 True Honest Just Pure Lovely…
‘Divorce’ is Googled 7,480,000 times per month. Because divorce is Googled so many times per month and because there are a zillion pages about divorce, it was going to be hard to compete in the search engine. So I chose something more specific “pain of divorce.” Yes, people are actually…
‘the power of God’ is Googled 110,000 times per month.’ So, here’s my bottom line on Christianity. If the power of God cannot become as real to me today as it was to Moses when he led the Israelites out of Egypt, I don’t want anything to do with it. I’m…
