For the Tired, Exhausted, and Disgusted Ones

I want to speak to those of you who are tired, exhausted, and disgusted by the current state of affairs. Relief is coming.  You have become fatigued by the relentless attacks taking place from both sides of critical social issues. It seems never to end, and no...

A Return to Simplicity

Before the shutdown, the Lord asked me to approach Scripture differently for a season. For 18 months, I didn’t read the Word. I listened to it using an audio app. My bible was not in my lap each morning as it had been for many years.  The intent of the exercise was to...

Unfriendly Fire

Someone who discharges a firearm is responsible for the bullet from the moment it is fired until it ceases forward motion. The path of the bullet carries legal, civil, and moral consequences. So do our words. One of the sad things in war is death by friendly fire....

In the Coming Days

Intense times, both personally and culturally, are times of preparation. They are like a spiritual and emotional boot camp where the limits of our strength and endurance are pushed beyond known limitations. Don’t waste the purpose of these times. This current...

Everything Working Together

I have lived long enough to know that God will work out all things for good in due time. I have also lived through several seasons of history that have been assigned apocalyptic endings, and frankly, none of them panned out as they were darkly predicted. No matter how...