The people who came in were there for a common reason although they all looked different coming from different places and different families. They didn’t know each other. Their commonality was noticeable as they all asked about each other and shared an unspoken understanding of life. Their focus was on each other and how much […]
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Specks and Logs and the Annoyance of Chewing
The silence in the car was welcomed, except that it magnified the other sounds that were not as desirable but annoying and unpleasant. My first instinct was to strongly suggest that the noise be kept down, but the kinder voice gently reminded me in my head that the noise maker was not intentionally annoying. He […]
Spiritual Vitality is Based on What We Eat
I bet you did not know this, but we, as believers, have something available to us that is life-changing. We can’t live without it, although many neglect it. We can’t become the person we desire to be and can be unless we eat it, although many are starving for it. We can’t know our true […]
Waiting for Our “After That”
There is a notion that when God calls one to leadership in ministry, that calling negates opposition and personal trial. But, God has been using trial and opposition in the lives of His children for some time now. Such tools are the building blocks to transformed hearts and effective ministries.
Damaged Goods
The tears ran down the cheeks of the NYPD detective as she finally verbalized something she had resisted admitting for quite some time. Her friend, another detective, waited to hear what he already knew. The words were said with such resolve that the admission seemed almost freeing as she accepted a brutal truth. “I am […]
HOME
“Mom, I am going home” were words spoken matter of factly by my then 20-year-old daughter. The very sound of them brought a heaviness to my heart and confirmation of truth I had not wanted to admit. The fact that they were spoken without regard to the pain they were causing added salt to the […]