Devotions

Philippians 3:13,14 (ESV) Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.  Too...

Sever months ago, I was invited to go on a trail run with a friend.  He rans with several runners.  I am not much of a runner, so when they took off I gave everything I had to keep up.  It was a dry day, and their trail shoes threw tons of dust.  There were 4 of them...

A lot has changed in ministry since the days of Jesus, Peter, and Paul (like the fact I can write in Nicaragua, hit "Publish," and instantly share it with the world). Here's one extremely unfortunate constant: the body of Christ continues to fight against itself. The...

Matthew 5:14 New International Version (NIV) 14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. This actually could be Part 2 from my last Monday's devotional. Jesus is telling the crowd and his disciples to be both salt and light. If you, up...

1 Timothy 6:1,2 (ESV) 1 Let all who are under a yoke as bond servants regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled. 2 Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are...

I seem to be running out of fuel lately, both in the literal and figurative sense.  This past week, I was gifted a tiller that ‘doesn’t work’ and the issue seems to be no fuel getting from the tank to the carburetor, as with a little gas, it fires up just fine.  I had...