I John 2:28 And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. Every year, when I strap on my pack, grab my bow and disappear up some distant mountain side, I'm rusty.  I've spent the past...

I tell my wife that there are usually 1-2 days a year that I would like to have an all-wheel drive vehicle, and on those days, I probably shouldn’t be out anyway.  The rest of the time, I usually get by just fine with front wheel drive and good tires.  If you were out...

I have spent a lot of time recently looking through the different seasons of my life and what contributed to the good seasons and the challenging ones.  Here is what I have learned.  Who I allowed to speak into my life determined the quality and direction of my life....

I recently had a conversation with a church leader who had just finished his term on his church's leadership board. He shared that this had been his fourth term, and he had never been so relieved to see a term end. He shared how many complaints he had received, and...

1 Peter 2:10New International Version (NIV) 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. Every Christian you see has at least two major callings in their life. The first is the call...

Exodus 25:22New International Version (NIV) 22 There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites. During worship God meets with us and speaks with us. That is...

II Timothy 3:12-15  Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. 13 But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of,...