THE MOST IMPORTANT VERB

Recently, I found out there are morgues on cruise ships. I never thought people would die on a cruise, but when you have thousands of people comprising the population of a small town, the odds are someone will die along the way.  It reminded me of some of our...

A GREAT STUPIDITY

Over the years, I’ve preached about the potter’s wheel in Jeremiah 18. When I preached the story, I stopped short of the other events in that chapter. I wanted to portray a word of hope. But there is more to the story than just a pot being reformed. It was the events...

A CASUAL FAITH

It was almost 50 years ago when the Lord told me to stop reading the daily horoscope in our local newspaper. It wasn’t like I followed any advice offered. I was just curious. In all the years since I was given that instruction, I haven’t read another horoscope....
A NEW MORNING

A NEW MORNING

Every morning, I sit in my writing chair reading Scripture, remembering Jesus in communion, and praying. During that time, I am both looking and listening in the Spirit to see and hear a confirmation of His faithfulness. He reminds me in new ways of who He is for me,...

A TESTER OF METALS

While the words of Jeremiah were written to Israel during a specific time and place in history, there is a great deal to learn and apply to our lives at this time. Jeremiah wrote about what grieves the heart of God and then petitions them to return to Him. Referring...

WILD PLACES

In the middle of the night, I was awakened by coyotes howling just up the canyon from our home. A coyote howl can be an intriguing and sometimes unsettling sound. The howling of a coyote is primarily an announcement to gather the rest of their family unit who were...