A few weeks ago I was able to have a wonderful morning quiet time sitting at the edge of Lake Michigan. The sun was still coming up. The breeze was blowing calmly over the lake, and the waves were gently crashing against the shore. Ah. I love that. As I …
Most of us know the Christian story of Jesus coming to Earth to die on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins and to redeem the world. It’s a very tangible image of God sacrificing himself. Countless books have been written on the depths of mystery contained in this …
When did you last read the Sermon on the Mount? Has it been a while? Have you ever read it? If you haven’t, you need to! It is one of Jesus’s most influential and powerful sermons. It is documented in Matthew 5-7. I read it again just the other day. …
Yesterday, I introduced the story of King Asa of Judah and how, when he turned the nation back to the Lord, they enjoyed a peace that had been quite scarce in the land. However, as is too often the case, he gets comfortable and starts to forget that the Lord …
The Old Testament history books of Kings and Chronicles are full of really interesting and peculiar stories. They follow the history of the Hebrew people after the time of King David – the building of the Temple, and how the kingdom was divided between Judah and Israel. The primary way …
I know there is a popular band out there by this name, but this post is not about music or a band. This post is a follow up on yesterday’s commentary on our “cold-blooded souls.” (That sounds kind of ominous, doesn’t it?) 🙂 I wrote about how our thoughts, will …
Most mornings these days I get to experience something that I absolutely love. I’m in the kitchen getting breakfast ready for the kids when I hear it: my 4-year-old daughter’s sound machine gets a little louder. I know that she is awake has just opened her door to come out. …
Is real life like a magic eye illusion? Do you remember those magic eye stereogram pictures that used to be popular? At first glance, the picture just looked like a jumbled mess of colorful lines and squiggles. If you didn’t know better, you may have just taken a quick glance, …
Here’s another sobering question (I tend to think of heavy questions, don’t I?): Do you think that wisdom NECESSARILY increases as we get older? I mean, just because you have aged another decade, are you actually wiser than you were 10 years ago? Yes, ideally, the older we are, the …