Devotions

On Monday afternoon, I got a call I knew was coming, but one you're never fully prepared for.  My uncle Richard past away.  He played a significant part in my life.  For me, he served as an example of manliness with purpose.  He had many attributes that I admired as I...

  Last week was a difficult week for me to get through, though not horrible in comparison to what could have been.  I spent several days trying to prepare part of our house for a construction project, which meant going through and moving a lot of things we had...

'What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? ... knowing...

This past week, I forced myself to go through some things that I have been putting off for some time, because it has not been a priority to get them done.  It was not fun, it was physically demanding, it was a exhausting, it was emotionally difficult, and it made me...

We look to the rich and famous for relationship advice, yet they often experience so much dysfunction. Why have relationships? What is God’s response?

Wherever two of our children (aged 4 and 7) are playing with one another, it is fun to see them come up with storylines for one another and their toys, or whatever they are doing when they get along.  But that joy and peace usually only lasts for so long, as...