Taking a Second Look

My wife, Jan, was doing a project in our backyard. She asked me to go to a local home improvement store and pick up a piece of lumber to create a border for her project. I loaded my dog in my pickup and went on my honey-do errand. When I arrived at the store, I stood...
Unmasking Our Reality

Unmasking Our Reality

On a walk through our town, I noticed several discarded masks on the sidewalk. Masks are becoming a new form of litter in our communities. I stopped and took a photo of one of the masks knowing the Lord was speaking.  An unmasking is taking place. This is not...

Crossing Spiritual Boundaries

Significant transitions are taking place in individual lives, in governments, and within the Church. To successfully navigate these times of transition will require that we pass a test. A few miles south of where I live are the Siskiyou Mountains. These mountains are...

Defining Loyalty

Loyalty to leadership without being faithful to speak the truth in love no matter what the cost is evidence of an unhealthy and spiritually warped sense of duty.

Buyer’s Remorse

Buyer’s remorse is not limited to purchasing something and then later realizing the product was not all it promised. This remorse can be expanded to include the choices we make, the votes we cast, or the assumptions we were led to believe were true.  Just as it would...