I don't know why certain things make me nervous, but they do. Take, for example, the little dinner party I had planned for our neighbours yesterday. When I awoke yesterday morning, I was literally shaking, even though I had already done all the work in advance! And...
The Bible tells us to rejoice in our suffering (See James 1:2-5; Rom 3:3-5) and to give thanks to the Lord in ALL things (See 1 Thess. 5:17; Col. 3:17). Why is it that we have so much trouble doing that? I mean, I don't know about you, but in the face of a job loss, a...
Last Saturday, in "Giving god the Praise, Part 1: How Much is Enough", we came to understand that it is important that we praise God with at least the same intensity that we pray for our miracle. Wait. Why should we have to say thanks as many times as we have prayed?...
I have a bit of a heavy foot when I drive. Oh, I pay some respect to speed limits, but I'm not opposed to going 5-10 mph (10-20 kph) over the limit. Especially since I haven't had a speeding ticket since I was young...I found myself on a minor road in Texas in January...
We woke up today to freezing rain. It was coming from the east, so the windows at the front of the house were completely covered in ice. You couldn't see a thing that was happening out in the street. The view out the back, however, on the west side of the house was as...
"...we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." (2 Cor. 10:5b NIV) Last week I wrote an article on dissatisfaction and how you can be feeling ecstatic one moment, and with the entrance of one thing--something as big as the trials you are currently...
Are you feeling less than satisfied these days? Join the crowd. What with political turmoil all around, mass shootings on the rise, demonstrations in countries we rarely even hear about, fires raging out of control all across Canada, the United States, Australia,...
I'm the boss... And I have my wife's permission to say so! I have often heard this said, and each time it makes me smile as images of the wife wearing the trousers float through my head.... As I was thinking about this saying this morning, it occurred to me that I...
2020 has come and gone, and we are celebrating the arrival of a new year, 2021. I don't know about you, but New Years brings about two completely different sets of emotions. I am either quite happy for a year and its troubles to end or saddened that the good things of...
In the midst of the gloom and doom, with yet another COVID-19 lockdown on the horizon, I saw this sign in front of a local church recently, and it made me laugh:“We need to UNINSTALL 2020… It has a VIRUS!”The sign gave me hours of lighthearted reflection, and when I...