"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another." (3 John 13:34-35 NIV) My youngest son doesn't speak much. His severe autism has always made language a struggle for him. Even though he is sixteen years old now his...
The past few weeks have been difficult. It began when I stood up after eating and immediately doubled over in pain. Then, while driving from church, my daughter hit a deer. My older son learned the store where he works is closing. And my younger son had his wallet...
"Jesus spoke to them saying, 'I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the Light of life.'” (John 8:12) Even many who profess knowing Christ are always looking for a plan; a system or idea of how to make their life...
"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." (1 Cor 13:12) The stores are going to be crowded the next few weeks. It is that time of the year between Thanksgiving and Christmas when people go shopping for special gifts for...
"Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope." (Romans 5:3,4) I woke up the other day to find that 10 inches of freshly fallen snow was waiting for me outside...
I have always loved watching the sunset. I do so every chance I can. There is something about it that stirs my soul. I sit on my back porch and watch as the sky becomes a tapestry of ever changing colors. Blue, white, yellow, gold, red, orange, pink, and purple all...
"Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song." (Ps 95:1-2 NIV) When I was a little boy our church was always full of music. We didn't have an organ,...
"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 13 Share with God's people who are in need." (Rom 12:12-13 NIV) My new dog, Snoopy Girl is a morning person. She starts the day at full speed chasing her tail, the cats, and the other dogs. She wolfs down...
"Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. 19 In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life." (1 Tim 6:18-19...
"And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers . . ." (1 Cor 12:28 NIV) The poet Robert Browning once said, "Take away love and our Earth is a tomb." Thankfully, I have been able to choose love and avoid that tomb so far...