As new year pokes it’s head up from the eastern horizon, my fresh calendar’s blank pages carry a deep promise of new hope. Today, in the middle of a Michigan winter, the sky is blue and the temperature is soaring to 55 degrees. A new president has been sworn in. Christians and even some political voices prognosticate good things. Rising tides lift all the ships in the harbor. When I look toward heaven, I know God has good things in...
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“Father, I pray that they’re all one.” On Tuesday mornings, I meet in a coffee shop for Bible study with five friends. In addition to the energized conversation over Scriptures and authors, this bakery prepares one of my favorite treats. Their Danish pastry ring has light, flaky crust topped with apple, cherry and cream cheese frosting, drizzled with confectioners glaze, and coffee in a dozen different flavors. As the six of us...
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Almost 14 years ago, God called me to write. I was sitting in a hotel room in San Antonio visiting friends after walking through one of the deepest, darkest valleys of my life. I didn’t expect to hear God’s voice calling me to change directions. I wasn’t exactly “seeking” a life-call that morning. Yet sometimes, burning bushes appear when you’re herding sheep. What I didn’t expect was that the writing journey would be one of the...
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After I came to Christ, I discovered that the church has struggled with conflict and disunity from its earliest days. In 1 Corinthians 3, the Apostle Paul wrote to this small church to correct a number of problems, including their sectarian devotion to men and personal experiences. When Paul wrote, He scolded the Corinthian church on four important points. The Corinthian believers were being carnal, self-focused and immature as they...
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I’ve walked with Jesus for over three decades. The road isn’t always smooth, but I’ve learned these two simple truths. God is always faithful. His Word is always True. Yet when God doesn’t answer our prayers the way we want Him to, how often do we blame him and doubt his faithfulness? [Tweet “We would rather bow to our own desires than be accountable to the One who created us. We work hard to re-interpret his Word because...
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I wrote a couple of posts last year on Beyonce’s appearance in the 2013 Super Bowl Half Time Show. A few bloggers were upset over some kind of symbolic gesture she made that is connected to Satan Worship.I have to admit, the posts I read rambled and wondered, trying to connect threads into a coherant idea that the most popular singer on the planet had connections to a Satanic church and rituals. I don’t want to pick on...
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Our prayers can be hindered by our own, internal selfish desires, attitudes, character or emotions. Our prayers can also be hindered by spiritual forces we can’t see, and yet they affect our lives none the less. Because of every life’s uniqueness, God doesn’t give us a One-Size-Fits-All solution to a weak or stale prayer life. (beware of those who do) God does say that the starting point of a dynamic prayer life is in our own...
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