I had an appointment today to visit one of those sprawling hospital complexes and of course I was armed with only the minimal information provided by my doctor’s office, a time and a place. This complex was undergoing construction so signs were not well placed and as it turns out, today was “flu shot” day! [...]

There is no wisdom save in truth. Truth is everlasting, but our ideas about truth are changeable. Only a little of the first fruits of wisdom, only a few fragments of the boundless heights, breadths and depths of truth, have I been able to gather…..Martin Luther

Wow, the news is really pounding away at us these days. If I wasn’t afraid before, just listening to it for even 20 minutes would make me a truly paranoid person. I am not by nature one who likes to live in the realm of fear but when you are being bombarded by [...]

In the book of Acts when Paul was a prisoner on the ship that ran into a storm and the ship was in danger of sinking, the Lord gave instructions that no one was to bail out. It was all to be saved or none! I have often given much thought to what that represents [...]

I keep photographs and names pinned to a corkboard in my office. When I am wondering where to take my thoughts, these serve as a reminder to me to be ever vigilant for prayers. I don’t always know what someone is going through but I know my Father does. For myself, on any given [...]

You won’t relent
Until You have it all
My heart is Yours
I’ll set You as a seal upon my heart
As a seal upon my arm
For there is love that is as strong as death
Jealousy demanding as the grave
And many waters cannot quench this love
Come be the fire inside of me
Come be the flame upon my heart
Come be [...]

“Ceasar tried to change men by changing institutions. Christ changed institutions by changing men.” Historian Will Durant

My heavenly Father teaches me something which goes completely against society thinking. He teaches me that in my weakness I will be made strong. He teaches me not to rely on myself or my abilities.
Can we be blunt here? I live in a world where even the slightest weakness is like a fresh wound [...]

I ask questions only each of you can answer for yourself. Are you panicking? What is your daily food? Are you picking up the newspapers and stuffing yourselves on fear and frenzy? Are you clicking back and forth between channels of news searching for the most “devastating” report to be found?
My next question to [...]

Rudyard Kipling’s famous quote, “Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”
What we speak matters. We can either use our words for good or evil. Understanding the power in words is to understand our need to be responsible with them. I myself am drawn to the ultimate word and what it truly [...]