We've all been there. Someone does something that annoys us. Maybe it slows us down and makes us late for work. Maybe it's road rage. Maybe they spray poison on the plants we just purchased and planted. Maybe they jump the line. Maybe they shovel their snow onto the...
"For I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content." (Philippians 4:11b ESV)It's okay to be myopic.Agreed?Well, how about introverted? Cultured? Athletic? Gregarious?Few of these conditions bring on any sort of permanent social stigma. After all, myopia (the...
"Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ." (1 Cor. 12:12 NIV) Why is there so much disunity in the church? With unity being so near and dear to Jesus' heart that it appeared four times (seeJohn...
"Do the seeing really see?" is an intriguing question asked by the world-famous blind author and lecturer Helen Keller. During one of her lectures, she reminisced to a time where she had asked numerous husbands the colour of their wives' eyes. Despite being in...
Last Saturday I mentioned the Google Home Mini my son gave me for an early Mother's Day. I outlined how I had initially been quite disappointed with the machine due to its lack of ability to do the things I was asking it to do. I was sorely tempted to put the thing...
I came across an interesting text in the Bible yesterday: "As you harvest your crops, bring the very best of the first harvest to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk." (Ex. 23:19 NLT). Because this section of Exodus...
It was our last camping hurrah of the season, and though it was mid-October, the weather was beautifully warm and clear. A perfect weekend to be out in nature. Our camping site was excellent; the only problem was that it would take some careful maneuvering to back our...
"Et bien, ça c'est le meilleur!" Roughly translated, and taking into account the rolling of the eyes and the exasperated expression of the tone, this otherwise sweet French-speaking lady from the south of Belgium was saying, "Can you believe the audacity of some...
The following Scriptural Nugget is the forth in a mini-series based on John 11. "Jesus wept. Then the Jews said, 'See how he loved him!' But some of them said, 'Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?'" (John 11:35-37) ...
Happy New Year, and may God bless each of you abundantly throughout this new year. As you seek God this year, remember that God has called each of you to be FREE! "You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful...