Devotions

In most churches here in Nicaragua the church calendar unimportant. The overwhelming majority of churches do not hold special services for Christmas, and for most Easter is celebrated as if it were just another Sunday (this is largely to differentiate protestant...

'Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons. But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the...

This past week, we started a Sunday School class with 3rd to 5th grade boys and one of the questions we asked was 'what do you want to be when you grow up?' We got a variety of answers from truckers, to policeman, bus driver, and several honest 'I don't know.' It is...

There is a temptation in life and church to focus on things that, in the end, are not important. We need a reminder: don’t get lost in the minors.

Who do you represent to others who see you?  To some, you are a resident of your local community, state, or country and when abroad, they see you as an American.  Others may see your outward appearance and determine you are of a certain race, gender, young, or elderly...

Many of us are present in body, but not in mind. Are you fully present? Are you really available to be who God has created you to be each and every day?

In the movie Citizen Kane, one of the richest men in the world mutters ‘Rosebud’ as he lay on his deathbed.  Spoiler alert, we find out later that it refers to a sled he used and joyful memories he had of his childhood.  He could seemingly care less about the millions...