Travel Light: Bitterness

Let’s be honest. Our world is EXTREMELY negative, polarized, and divisive. Every month that goes by politics, religion, and even sports divide us more and more. From even a cursory glance at social media, it seems that bitterness is the flavor of the day. I can...

Travel Light: Distractions

Part 2 of a series on removing the unnecessary and harmful from our lives.  During World War II the NAZI High Command was obsessed with U.S. General George S. Patton. Patton’s brillance and never surrender attitude had defeated the NAZI’s in North Africa,...

Travel Light: Stuff

Every time my family gets ready for vacation I get nervous. My nerves are caused by the thought of figuring out how I am possibly going to fit all of our stuff into the car. When I say “our stuff” I really am referring to my wife’s stuff. By her own...

But God!!!

Dwight Moody was born in 1837 to an extremely poor family. His father died when he was a child, leaving his mother to support a large family. Having no other recourse, she sent him off at a young age to work for his food, housing, and education. At 17 Dwight moved to...

From Doubt to Faith

A few years ago I was on a mission team that decided to spend an afternoon at a lake. A Google search informed us that cliff jumping was popular at this lake, so of course we had to check it out. One member of our team had a reputation for being a daredevil. He talked...