3 Of the greatest gifts young parents can give their kids
I was recently asked if I would write an article in a newsletter for a young moms group. As I started thinking back to the time when my girls were little, I was flooded with warm memories and deep regrets. I have been very blessed, not only to have...
4 Things that I never would have thought of if I made up God
Atheists who argue that God doesn’t exist assume that a human being could have made up the God of the Bible. I disagree. I have heard many arguments for the existence of God. However, I have never heard the argument I would make. My argument is that we NEVER...
The 2 sides of the coin of faith
This past semester I taught a worldviews and apologetics curriculum at my church that required a lot of supplementation and additional research. As I prepared, I found myself swimming in a sea of endless philosophical, theological and scientific statistics, facts, and arguments. This was a whole new world to me. My head...
Life in the ring; wrestling with God
Whys and hows seem to fill my life. So many more questions pervade me than answers. I have been wrestling with God for years about a specific issue. My heart aches and I find myself exhausted. As I was taking communion one Sunday and thanking God for who He is,...
No one is worthy, no, not one
“Have you renounced all confidence in your own moral or religious efforts and turned in faith completely to Jesus to be clothed with His righteousness? If so, you do have eternal life. But do you have it to the full? Are you experiencing both the peace of God that...
Blessed are the poor in spirit; A Christian perspective on depression
I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in...
Hope in the age of violence; How should Christians respond to the terror and violence in our country and around the world?
As I was watching Dr. Oz and folding laundry last Wednesday afternoon, ‘Breaking News’ cut in to the station just as the show was ending. ‘Uh, oh,’ I thought. The live video appeared. It was an all too familiar scene: a public place filled with cop cars and police...
Where Does My Help Come From?
I woke up several days ago in a fog. The motivation to get out of bed just wasn’t there. My brain protested consciousness as I blinked my weary eyes open. The extra hour of sleep from Daylight Savings didn’t seem to be helping. The bright sunlight made me squint...
Christ be all around me
Above and below me, before and behind me, in every eye that sees me, Christ be all around me. These are the beautiful words from a song by Leeland that I recently heard at a Michael W Smith concert. Doesn’t that just say it all? Our Lord and savior is...