It was a long drive to the nursing home where my Grandmother was living, but at least twice a month I got into the car with my small children to make the trip to see her. We had already lost my Mom to cancer and I wanted them to be able to remember Nana. I...
"Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. 25 And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near." (Heb. 10:24-25 NLT) When I...
The Apostle Paul wrote: "You, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap of the olive root..." (Romans 11:17 NIV) Oh, my apple trees! Their delicate pink and white, curled-up, wee buds are opening in the...
"Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth! Worship the Lord with gladness. Come before him, singing with joy." (Ps. 100:1-2) I was 8 years old, squirming on a hard wooden pew in our church. I tried to follow the sermon but it was a bit over my head at that age....
"Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience." (Col 3:12) It was many years ago. I was a young father on my way home to my wife and baby boy after spending all day taking...
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (John 13:34-35 NIV) I was headed out the door the other day with my two sons. We were going...
"Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might..." (Eccl 9:10) When I decided to major in English in college I thought it would be fun because I loved to read so much. It turned out to be a lot more difficult, though, than I thought it would be. The...
Somebody said recently that Australians do not like surprises so I guess it goes with the territory that I and surprises are not generally addicted to each other. Recently on a trip to town to buy supplies to last a week, one wheel of the car hit a curb as it turned a...
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...
"Her filthiness clung to her skirts; she did not consider her future." (Lam 1:9) The story is heart-wrenching: the demise of God's glorious people; the ruin of God's own city, the city of peace; the destruction of God's glorious temple; the desolation of the land...