I was leading a mission trip last spring, and I was responsible for leading the guys in the morning.  The morning after a full day of concrete is not an easy morning to wake up teenage boys up.  So I decided to just turn on the lights and do the loudest rooster crow I...

It’s just a couple of days after Valentine’s Day, and relationships are still on my mind for some reason (the heart decorations still hanging in the coffee shop I’m writing in could be part of it). I’ve recently been thinking a lot about why we engage in any sort of...

 Isaiah 5:1 New International Version (NIV)The Song of the Vineyard5 I will sing for the one I love    a song about his vineyard:My loved one had a vineyard    on a fertile hillside. When you look in both the Old Testament and New Testament, we see God giving us...

Staying EvenJohn 14:27 New International Version27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. Stay even and do not get anxious. A lot can be said about such a...

"Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends."  John 15:13 NKJVThis is certainly a very familiar verse to many Christians.  It is quoted often, especially when praising heroic actions of soldiers, law enforcement, emergency response...

 When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.  But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,  so that it will not...

Proverbs 22:28 Don’t cheat your neighbor by moving the ancient boundary markers set up by previous generations.Right now in the USA there are major reforms in immigration.  Controlling our borders is a major issue.  Many wars have been waged over borders and ancient...