Monthly Archives: April 2024

“Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!”  We watch the commercial and wince when a challenged person falls and cannot get up from the fall.  They lie helpless until they are rescued.  If they only had “live alert” hanging … Continue reading →

It has been good and sweet, encouraging, and sometimes terrifying to read the Acts of the Holy Spirit through men and women called of God to carry The Message of Jesus to the world.  The movement is now well on … Continue reading →

As believers we go through the same troubles, trials, and life challenges as unbelievers.  But the difference is this—We can see God at work in the middle of our circumstances!  We can feel His peace replace our fears as we … Continue reading →

I’m sailing awaySet an open course for the Virgin Sea‘Cause I’ve got to be freeFree to face the life that’s ahead of me On board, I’m the captainSo climb aboardWe’ll search for tomorrowOn every shoreAnd I’ll try, oh Lord, I’ll … Continue reading →

Okay, so let me repeat what you just said so you can listen to what you are saying: This is crazy! –but tell me more!  This is crazy love is this is all true! Acts 26, The Message “I Couldn’t … Continue reading →

“It’s my turn to go down the slide!”  “I decide who goes next.”  “Who made you king of the slide?” “Hey, it’s my turn, you’ve gone down the slide more than anyone!” “Prove it!”  And the argument begins. Sides are … Continue reading →

From birth to live our lives with two factions:  Navigating our world with these two consistent factions has taught us to look closely at the facts, seek witnesses, examine the evidence, before trusting what is said or done.  We need … Continue reading →

“This is what the Lord says—    he who made a way through the sea,    a path through the mighty waters,who drew out the chariots and horses,    the army and reinforcements together,and they lay there, never to rise again,    extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:“Forget the former things;    do not … Continue reading →

“If it quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, it’s a duck.”  This was my dad’s favorite way of telling us what he thought with how he formed his opinions.  Quite frankly, it’s how all of us form our … Continue reading →

Same story—Different place and time, different characters, but the same story. Nearly every drama written or watched on a stage includes good versus evil.  We find our inner selves cheering for the “good guy” and booing the “bad, obnoxious villain” … Continue reading →