Devotions

If you step into a gym or weight room with thousands of pounds of weights and equipment around you, do you feel stronger just by being there?  Maybe, if it brought up memories of your High School glory days.  However, if you decided to pick up a moderately heavy pair...

Growing up, I believed God and my dad were fun suckers.  I thought they were boring.  I am sure you have never felt that way.  You are probably read 5 chapters of the Bible a day since you were born.  Not me.  The people in my church seemed to live boring lives, God...

It is somewhat expected in the missionary community that you hire an empleada (aka a housekeeper). This was tough for us, because obviously in the US having a housekeeper is a pretty big luxury. It felt weird spending our raised funds on hiring a housekeeper (even...

Hebrews 12:15New International Version (NIV) 15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. Bitterness is a big faith killer. I have seen it change a person from the inside out. Once having...

Luke 16:10 (NKJV) He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much.  I had some gentlemen in the archery shop in need of some "tuning up" for Iowa's upcoming archery opener.  The first man's...

Life seems to flow so  much better when things are in harmony.  Whether it is with our work, health, home life, relationships with others, or our relationship with God, we may seldom have everything in balance, but when things are, we know it.  Some of the greatest...