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I remember standing with Jan on the rock formation that makes up the Areopagus in Athens, Greece. This is where Paul addressed the people of the city 2,000 years ago. As I stood on the rock, I tried to imagine how Paul might have spoken to the Athenians. As Paul was...
As I read the words of David, it felt like he was writing about the time in which we now live. David said, as troubles in his life increased, “I trust in the Lord for protection” (Psalm 11:1). That was the foundation of David’s peace in the surrounding turmoil. He...
For the last few months, the Lord has challenged Jan and me to address our assumptions and compromises. We have been invited by the Lord to repent and adjust our lives in a more focused way to align our hearts with Him. We know these adjustments are happening in...
This is a very emotional and adrenaline-driven time in our nation. People are feeling frustrated with the current state of affairs. Every clickbait button on our computer screen, each controversy of faith or culture, foolish, and the foolish and demeaning words...
I watched a video of a motorcycle cop riding his bike through a set of narrowly spaced cones in a riding competition. It was amazing to see his balance, discipline, and timing. He was trained to do these maneuvers. It did not come naturally. When you train to...
From time-to-time, any of us can wander away from the fountain of fresh revelation. We can replace the content of a life-giving message with the stale flow of a substitute – a word generated by our frustration with the current state of gridlock in politics or the...
I have walked up the trail and past the tree depicted in this picture for the last 15 years. On the day I took this photo, I had stopped to catch my breath and noticed the nail in the tree for the first time. It looks like a small sheetrock nail, and from its...
Whenever you see a group of believers marching forward in intellectual lockstep fearful of entertaining a differing opinion, you will find the Holy Spirit has been pushed to the perimeter of their thinking. If we are not careful, the Church can appear to our culture...
God speaks to me in dreams and in the waking state just before rising each day. This morning, I received a...
One of the marks of a spiritually mature person is their ability to live with certainty in a place defined only by a fine line. A spiritually immature person feels the need to live behind thick margins created by a fear-based definition of life. They think distance...
During the first week of each New Year, Jan and I like to do something special together. This year we drove out of town and booked a night at a beautiful hotel. We filled our days with shopping, dining and just enjoying each other’s presence. The hotel where we stayed...
I have noticed there are three directions our lives can move. We can evolve into something more. We can revolve around the status quo, or we can devolve into a lesser expression of ourselves than the one God intended for us to experience. To evolve means I have...
When I got up this morning, I put short ribs in our slow cooker. The short ribs, garlic, salt and pepper, mushrooms, red onions and port wine will work together for the next 8 hours to create an unbelievably delicious meal. The ribs will be served alongside mashed...
If you have ever stood on the seashore when a wave crashed and ran up the beach past your ankles you experienced what can happen when you looked down at your feet as the wave reversed course and rushed back down the beach. You got dizzy and disoriented and felt like...
The more steps we have to take in order to complete an act of obedience, the more jeopardy we put ourselves in regarding our spiritual well being. When I was a cop, I never carried anything in my right hand. I am right-handed. My right hand held my handgun. My...