"He brought me up from the roaring pit, up from the muddy ooze, and set my feet on a rock, making my footing firm." (Ps. 40:2, Complete Jewish Bible) The first time I ever let my Golden Retriever puppy off her leash for a run, she was terrified. She cowered under my...
“These are the nations the LORD left to TEST ALL OF THOSE ISRAELITES who had not experienced any of the wars in Canaan (HE DID THIS TO TEACH WARFARE TO THE DESCENDANTS OF THE ISRAELITES who had not had previous battle experience): the five rulers of the Philistines,...
“Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.” (Isa. 59:1,2) At first I thought I was imagining it; but when...
Every fall they move in. They find some secluded spot in the house where we can never find them, and there they multiply, as our uninvited guests, until spring. They LOVE lights, and many times each winter we are forced to empty their roasted bodies out of the light...
“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” (Gal 5:1) If you ask my golden retriever puppy her opinion on the subject, the very best part of her daily walk happens when I release...
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. LET US FIX OUR EYES ON JESUS, the author and perfecter...
“ . . . Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith . . .” (Heb 12:1-2) A particular cloud caught my eye...
Running is one of my favorite means of stress management. It’s a time of physically “burning” off any negative emotions, it’s a bonding time between my dog and me, and, most importantly, it’s a time of reflection, a time for me to be alone with my maker. And this...
This is the 7th in a short series focusing what Israel's earliest leaders, the judges, have to teach us. Today's leadership lesson comes from one of Israel's more well-known judges, Samson . . . "The Spirit of the LORD came upon him in power so that he tore the lion...
It was either a pile of lobster traps or a stack of firewood, and every few kilometers found another one. It was as if the side of the road that extended up the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland was considered by the locals to be one long storage area. Now, I don’t...