MY FATHER’S CAR

MY FATHER’S CAR

Each year in June for the last 40 years, Medford, Oregon, has hosted the Medford Cruise. The Cruise t is a display of vintage cars and a drive through the city. This year, there were hundreds of vehicles of all types on display. As I do each year, I pay a visit to the...

THE PURPOSE OF A DIFFICULT PLACE

Sometimes, we are led into a difficult place that appears to have no hope. It is in that desperate place where the Lord will reveal the reasons why He allowed such things to happen. Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery and that slavery was used by God to reveal his...

WHEN FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT

When Jesus returned to Nazareth, His hometown, He was not accepted. The residents had known Jesus and his family. When Jesus spoke, the people of Nazareth were amazed and asked, “Where did He get all this wisdom and the power to perform such miracles” (Mark...

LIFE’S LEFTOVERS

One of my favorite holiday treats comes from the leftover pieces of pie dough that Jan forms into little rolls filled with brown sugar and cinnamon. They are an anticipated joy that appears each year at this time when Jan makes the crusts for her holiday pies. She has...

THE RISE OF MOMMA BEARS

Yesterday, I heard the Lord say, “Momma Bears are rising!” These are mothers who have been awakened to the evil being perpetrated against their children by governmental programs bent on the destruction of their children’s innocence. They will become a ferocious...