Do you have a favorite Christmas carol? Mine is “Angels from the Realms of Glory.” I like it because it’s about worship, and that’s an important part of Christmas that sometimes gets overlooked. In the first verse the angels worship.…
Life is full of choices. I’m not talking about the big ones – like whether to marry, whom to marry, what professional path to take or where to live. Today I woke up thinking about all the seemingly little choices…
It’s the Christmas season once again. Doesn’t it seem like these holidays roll around faster and faster on the calendar? Christmas is a beautiful time for reflection, but it’s such a busy time that we have a hard time stopping…
I’ve been thinking lately about how routine life is. That’s not all bad. We need to be consistent in following the routines of eating and sleeping and exercise. But we need a little time now and then to break out…
When is soon? Tomorrow? Next week? Next month? Next year? It’s a relative term without a specific meaning, isn’t it? Some things can’t come soon enough for us. But what about for the Lord? What does “soon” mean to Him?…
Reading the Biblical stories can seem remote, far-fetched, and unreal. Sort of like a fairy tale. But the people we encounter there are very real. Yes, they lived in a different time and culture, but they had the same basic…
We all know the old saying, “The end justifies the means.” But does it? Is it right to justify doing wrong in order to accomplish something good? In today’s culture the lines are blurred between right and wrong, good and…
The memory is an interesting thing. There are things I remember and things that I don’t. I wonder why. There are things I wish I could remember and some things I wish I could forget. Why do people at the…
Our family loves getting together, but we do it rarely because we are spread all across the country. When we do succeed in getting a portion of loved ones together in one place, it’s always a special time sharing, laughing,…
I used to have a one-word sign on the wall of my office. It simply said SOMEDAY. It was a reminder to me that a better day is coming. No matter how dark the present circumstances are, there is always…