We start hearing from a young age that life is not fair.  When we see someone else gets a bigger piece of pie, we don’t get all we asked for at Christmas, someone else won MVP, we soon realize inequality is a fact of life and pitching a fit doesn't always help.  All...

Have you ever just wanted to quit?  Have you ever felt like you and maybe one other person were fighting for something good and everyone else just bailed on you?  It is easy to feel alone in a battle and sometimes we are.  I think it is in these moments that reveal...

We’ve all heard the phrase “perception is reality.” Its a phrase I often use when talking with our volunteer greeters and ushers at church. We want to make sure they are as friendly and welcoming to our guests as possible because “perception is reality:” if your...

Luke 24:15New International Version (NIV) 15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; As I stand back the day after Easter, my heart is still full of knowing our Savior lives! Can you imagine on that...

John 19:42New International Version (NIV) 42 Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby,they laid Jesus there. Today is a day of silence in Scripture. After Jesus was crucified, he was laid in a tomb. Only Roman guards stood next to the...

As I prepared to write this week's commentary, it was not lost on me that it would publish on Good Friday.  I pray that I do some honor to this day for my Lord. Romans 5:7  (NKJV) For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would...

If you had a few days without work or any other obligations, what would you do?   If you had a week to go anywhere in the world, where would it be?  Last week, I had a chance to visit with a friend I only see 1-2x each year and we eventually got to what vacations we...