Up to this point in my life, I have had the opportunity to know a great many christians. I came to the realization that a great many of the really energetic, sold out, fired up, fully devoted Christ followers I have had the privilege to meet, have a really tough...

Where does God want us to invest our resources? Let us first consider who owns all these things we so often think of as our own. This is the biggest perspective changer for me. When I quit thinking of everything as ‘mine’ and cease trying to get all that I can for...

The word we are going to talk about feels like a 4 letter word. It is actually 5 letters, but the word puts many of us on edge. We have allowed this word in our lives and many of us have been burned. People have taken this word and abused us or other people we know....

A number of years ago I found myself traveling from the Midwest to New Jersey. I arrived in Milwaukee to catch my connecting flight to Newark, only to discover that a major winter storm had paralyzed the eastern seaboard. As I gazed as the flight board I saw the...

Psalm 118:24New International Version (NIV) 24 The Lord has done it this very day; let us rejoice today and be glad. This day I choose to rejoice. Obviously choosing is a choice on our own part. We have often heard this verse quoted, sang, and lifted up, but do we...

Within each of us is the potential for great good or great evil.  The only thing that seems to determine how that may play out in our lives are some of the influences and opportunities we have to lead us down one path or another.  Just watch a 2 year old for a few...

I love football.  My high school football coach spent a lot of time coaching our minds and not just our muscles.  He would talk about avoiding "stinking thinking" and other negative thought that become our future.  He would teach us to visualize the win to where we...