Reading the Signs

An attempt to write the script of a dark history is taking place. It is like the first clouds that pass overhead before the arrival of a devastating storm. Those able to read the signs will discern what is being planned and begin to prepare their hearts and...

Staging Our Lives

The Church is going through a transition. We are being prepared for the future through a process of simplification. Before that transition can take place on a larger scale, it must first happen in our personal lives. It is never enough to ask, or even demand that...

Joy Up, Church!

As I recover from knee surgery to repair a ruptured tendon, I find myself up at all hours of the night taking pain meds and icing my knee. I write this just a bit after 1:00 am from our living room hoping to let Jan get a few more hours of sleep. I need to keep my...

A Hearty Faith

When I think of the biblical characters of Scripture, I think of a hearty people. They were robust because the societies in which they lived required a certain level of internal fortitude just to survive in their hostile and inconvenient world. Those of us thousands...

Building Faith Altars

Our journey of faith is accomplished in stages. It is not a process of continual motion following a detailed road map. There are seasons when we have to stop and wait for a fresh word of direction from the Lord. These stages are where our faith deepens. In Scripture,...