OMG, is that Leslie? She’s changed so much since high school! She must have lost 30 pounds… And here I am eating salads just trying to lose five. She was always so smart in school; she must be filthy rich now. And she’s married too! Ugh, look at all these likes. No one even cares about my Facebook or what I … Read more
There was a great experiment done in the early 1980s in the desert called the biodome. It was an exercise to create the perfect living environment for human beings, plant, and animal life. A huge glass dome was constructed and an artificial, controlled environment was created with purified air and water, filtered light, and so on, offering the perfect growing … Read more
The holidays are wonderful family times of telling stories that serve to protect family culture. Every family seems to have a story about themselves that gets re-told over and over yet never gets old. Funny how some less important ones get repeated and more meaningful ones don’t. “So Joshua called together the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one … Read more
“The demons begged Jesus, “Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.” He gave them permission, and the impure spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned. Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, … Read more
A marketing thought from college that still sticks with me today is “Always enter the conversation already taking place in the customer’s mind.” Whoa! And Jesus was the master at it. “After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam”. So the … Read more
I picked up my Bible the other day and noticed my underlining and circling of scripture. The motion of circling something helps me keep focused and signals its importance serving as a powerful reminder of God’s faithfulness. Then the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. March around the city once … Read more
In a world of self-absorption and self-promotion, we think that we must create our own opportunities. But I’m here to say if you are marked, God is your best advocate. “So Saul said to his attendants, “Find someone who plays well and bring him to me.” One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows … Read more
Have your ever left your phone behind somewhere? Not known where it was for six hours? Not lost but just totally forgot about it for 1 day? How about 3 days? “After the Feast was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it” — Luke 2:43 Mary and … Read more