Devotions

Isaiah 43:19New Living Translation (NLT) 19 For I am about to do something new.     See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness.     I will create rivers in the dry wasteland. Happy New Year! It is the beginning of 2017....

Romans 1:20 (NKJV) For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse Sir Isaac Newton was a brilliant man.  His mind was,...

When do you feel most alive?  After a near miss accident?  When home for Christmas or on vacation with your loved ones?  When you take in a small glimpse of the beauty of God’s creation?  When you lose someone you deeply love?  Sometimes it takes a major life event to...

I grew up in empty religion.  I am not blaming it on my church or my family, it was probably just me.  I knew how to talk the talk, pretend in the religious behavior, and in the public light act really righteous.  Performance was my middle name... Sunday school,...

Christmas at my house has a shelf life of about two days. Christmas day is full of excitement, as our young children are often out of bed and bubbling over with excitement around 4:30am (new rule: no waking up mom and dad before 6am, or there will be no presents!)....

Luke 17:15New Living Translation (NLT) 15 One of them, when he saw that he was healed, came back to Jesus, shouting, “Praise God!” After the carols are sung and eggnog consumed, Americans will hit the roads to return unwanted gifts. We will return as much as $284...

Luke 2:14New Living Translation (NLT) 14 “Glory to God in highest heaven,     and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased.” Christmas made it! It is here! Tonight is Christmas Eve. Stories will be read, scripture quoted, and songs sung. Generally most of us...