The Risk of a Mission Statement
Someone has said: I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacation with better care than they do their lives. Perhaps that is…
What Do You Do When You Don’t Know What to Do?
Last week we took a glimpse into the life of the Proverbs 31 “virtuous woman” and recognized that Lemuel’s mother used military terms to describe the…
A Pilgrimage Fueled by Hope ~ Week 2
Where do you turn when life turns upside down? What if that crisis means you cannot work the job you love, build the family of your dreams, or…
Default Mode
Let’s finish this week with the same question with which we started: What is your default mode when life comes crashing down? What is your automatic response…
We Need Guides
When life came crashing down and I wanted to run away from life and faith, those many years of intentionally seeking out the wisdom of those ahead of me in…
Puddles of Grace
Mention Job and even those unfamiliar with the Bible, immediately know that you’re talking about someone who lost everything. One of…
Unbolted from My Love Affair with This World
When life comes crashing down, knowing I don’t belong “here” and that this earth is not my Home, fuels my journey with hope…
What Drives My Actions?
What structures are you intentionally building into your daily life that will act as weight bearing walls when life crashes down on your…
What’s My Worldview?
The family room looked like a scene out of a Hallmark movie. The fireplace glowed, Christmas lights twinkled, and five of our grandchildren quietly explored their…
A Pilgrimage Fueled by Hope ~ Week 1
In her book, Pursue the Intentional Life, Jean Flemingsss tells the story of a man whose lifelong disciplines and creativity saved his life when the…
57 Cents and a Little Girl
I’ve learned by mistake that everything I read on social media is not true so I will often check out the validity of the article. So before sharing…
Who is William Carey?
William Carey would probably be shocked by the way God used his passion for evangelism to impact millions of people…
I Can Plod
The Widow starts to see hope in the mundane. Elisha's directive in response to her answer had to be even more confusing, but this…
Hope in the Mundane
What does attempting GREAT THINGS FOR GOD look like in a dying church, a young pastor's family, a defeated congregation of people longing…
How Can I Help You?
What a beautiful question for anyone to ask someone in misery. Elisha’s first words must have fanned the spark of hope in this broken woman. But then…
Help Me, Please!
"I need help! My preacher husband is dead! We're out of money. The bill collectors are coming to enslave my two sons as payment for all of our…
Attempt Great Things for God
We were twenty-one-year-old newly-weds, in New York City for the Billy Graham Crusade School on Evangelism. During a seminar in an…
I Will Not Fail You
Stop for a moment and let this truth sink in. In the middle of your deep grief, daughter or son of the King, when you are so afraid of the future you can barely breathe, so terrified of…
The Best Present
The angel and the message of the angel terrified Mary. How do we know? Because the angel commanded: Do not be afraid, Mary. These few words reminded Mary…
My Platform for Glorifying God, Part 2
Every circumstance becomes an eternal opportunity to reflect Jesus. If you are struggling with loss, I know this is hard. Grief is hard work and…