What is Prayer All About?

Prayer can sometimes be frustrating. We ask for things over and over again and feel like God never answers. Some of us may even feel we don’t have the right to ask God for anything. God is, after all, ominpotent and omnipresence, so He will do what He is going...

Spit Out the Bitterness

My Canadian friends love a particular kind of candy. While I have attempted to give it a fair shake, it is the most bitter garbage I have ever tasted! I can’t even stomach it: I have to spit out the bitterness. Let’s be honest. Our world is EXTREMELY negative,...

Relationships Should be a Wonderful Thing

It’s interesting to me how much most of us, myself often included, long to be like the rich, famous, and influential. It’s interesting because, when you think about it, many of them have oversized problems to go with their oversized success. They very often have...

Lugging Stuff Around

One of my roles here at my organization helping host short-term mission teams (a role I really enjoy). Over the years I have gotten used to team members carefully weighing their suitcases before they leave, often weighing in at 49.99lbs (flights have 50lbs limits)....

Thinking About the Past

There are good and bad aspects of thinking about the past. On the positive side, examining the past can give us direction for the future. We can look at our past successes and failures and apply those lessons to new situations. We can benefit from remembering the many...