An all you can eat buffet can be a wonderful and dangerous thing. It is amazing how in such a relatively short amount of time you can go from feeling like you are starving to never wanting to see food again in your life! Perhaps you have had the experience? You came because you were hungry but after seven plates …
A Hitchhiker Saved My Life
You don’t have to be on the highway very long before you encounter a person who is asking for some help on the side of the road. It can be a person holding a sign asking for money at an intersection or it can be a guy with a backpack and his thumb out trying to get a ride. Everyone …
Some Miracles Are Up To You
We all want to see the miraculous. All of us need miracles in our lives in one area or another. I have had the privilege of experiencing and beholding many miracles both in my personal life and in the lives of others. Some of the greatest miracles that happen in this life are in the realm of the human will …
Hit the GAS not the Brake
I tend to be one that draws attention to the need for people to create margin, pull back, embrace Sabbath rest and generally ‘do less’. I’ve written and talked about it much and I stand by the principles and challenges that I’ve laid out. Our culture is obsessed with activity and distraction so there is certainly a need to be …
Separating the Sheep from the GOAT?
I have been fascinated lately by the new found use for the word GOAT. A reference that would have one time seemed derogatory (I mean, who wants to be referred to as a farm animal?) now is a compliment meaning ‘Greatest Of All Time’. Certain athletes, actors, artisans and any other highly successful, high profiled individual are being referred to …
My Smartphone Ate My Prayer Life
Quiet morning. Cup of coffee. Bible in hand and heart yearning for communion with the Lord. Cat video. Refocused devotional reading. Calendar update. Prayer time…. sports highlight, great deal on Christmas gifts, birthday party invitation, reminder to pick the kids up from school today, you tube sensation, etc…. ‘Quiet time’ over. Time to go to work. Ever been there? The …