People often ask me how I do what I do. What they mean by that is how do I find a way to get God into just about every conversation. First let me say, don’t make it harder than it is. Take what culture gives you, think about what you’re thinking about and how you’re […]
I guess I was about 14 when my dad told me he thought it was time for me to become reasonable and responsible. He described those two qualities this way: when you were a child you thought like a child, you reasoned like a child, but now you’re becoming a young woman and I expect […]
Years ago I was teaching alongside Connie in a VBS class of kids who were just learning to color and draw. The lesson had been on a verse in James 4 about sowing peace. As we passed around the crayons with the encouraging “you get what you get and you don’t get upset” line, everyone […]
People pay to do some strange things. Have you heard about womb therapy? People pay to be tied up in the fetal position, wrapped in a fabric womb, in which they then go through periods of struggle and rest. They are encouraged to cry like babies and eventually break free in an experience of rebirth. […]
Where in the Word are you today? Now hear me – I didn’t ask where in the WORLD are you today, I asked where in the WORD are you today? And if you haven’t been in the Word of God how do you expect to be used of God in the world? It is only […]
Three stone masons were working together at a construction site. When asked what they were doing, the first replied: “I’m cutting and shaping stones.” The second said, “I’m stacking stones for a wall.” But the third replied with visionary enthusiasm, “I am building a cathedral!” Cathedrals took a generation to construct. And lives were […]
The passage seems clear, “after supper, Jesus got up from the table, wrapped a towel around himself, and began washing the disciples’ feet.” But when I arrived at the place as the narrator of the Holy Week drama we were acting out at church, the boy playing Jesus tied the towel around his neck, not […]
It was an unusual speaking opportunity. The audience would be comprised of 500 people and more than a hundred dogs. The conference theme? With me on the road. And as the keynote speaker, I could take the “with me” command and run with it. And I did. Among the commands these comfort dogs learn are […]
It’s tax time again! Taxes are, by their very nature, taxing. If someone tells you Christians don’t have to pay taxes, they’re misinformed. Peter asks directly and Jesus answers that we are to render unto Caesar the government’s due and render unto God His due as well. So tithe, then pay taxes, then render the […]
Maybe you’ve heard that America’s national debt topped 22 trillion dollars in early 2019. That’s a crushing load of debt too big for us to get our minds around and yet, it keeps growing. So how do we get God back into that conversation? Well, there’s a hymn called Come Thou Fount which includes a […]