A Single Domino Will Fall

Last night was one of those nights. Just before 2:00 am, I awakened and realized I wasn’t going back to sleep, no matter how hard I tried. A few things came to mind from the day before that was of concern to me, so I lay in bed praying. As I prayed, I saw an...

The Tide is Turning

A subtle shift in thinking is taking place. People are waking up and seeing their reality from a new and different perspective. Those who at first saw the restrictions of our government as reasonable and even defended their implementation now realize a change of...

The Cost of Living a Godly Life

Perhaps it is because I am now living in my 7th decade of life that I listen more intently to the older ones who went before me to know how to navigate the last season of my life. This morning, I was reading II Timothy. This letter from Paul was written from a Roman...

Discerning Spiritual Fault Lines

I listened to a seismologist talking about earthquakes. After the broadcast, I considered the spiritual parallels between natural quaking and the shaking events in our lives. Earthquakes rupture along a fault line and move away from the epicenter of the original event...

Defining Fringe Elements

Most of us have heard the phrase “fringe element.” Typically, those words are used negatively, describing a group of people outside the mainstream. Not all who are on the fringe are negative. Jesus and first-century believers were called a sect, a fringe element of...

A Rollercoaster Ride of Faith

This morning, I experienced a sensation like I did the first time I rode a roller coaster. I believe the Lord brought the memory back to prepare me for the future. The first time I rode a rollercoaster was on the Santa Cruz Boardwalk in California. I was about eight...