“Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one--the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts,…”
That quote is from the C.S. Lewis book, “The Screwtape Letters”. It’s a fictional book authored from the viewpoint of a senior demon instructing a lesser demon, his nephew, on how to guide the…
Last winter we had a really cold day. It wasn’t a “I should wear a jacket today” cold day. It was a “My nose hairs turned into icicles when I breathed through my nose” kind of cold day. I remember I had to run home from work to get something. Luckily, we only live one…
THEN ALL MANKIND WILL KNOW THAT I, THE LORD, AM YOUR SAVIOR, YOUR REDEEMER… (ISAIAH 49:26)
In authentic relationship we know someone – that is where we experience the relationship. But it is because we have built trust because of the love that we have for each other. In our personal relationship with our heavenly Father,…
I’ve had many roles in my 44 years:
• I’ve been an Assistant Manager of a national restaurant chain that employed over 50 employees and served hundreds of people per day.
• I managed a coffee shop that had people waiting to get in at 6 o’clock in the morning and was steadily…
I’m reminded that today is the 13th of the month. The 13th is usually a big day for our family. There are no birthdays on the 13th of any month in our immediate family. No anniversaries either. The 13th of each month is the day that the data plans for our phones refresh. Without doing…
Earlier in the summer, my friend Darren and I were the designated prayer team for a week at a Youth for Christ camp for middle schoolers designed for kids to encounter their Savior. Preparing for this week, we knew we were entering into a war over these young lives. We knew the week would be…
I was reading something that I wrote for a speaking engagement about 4 years ago and I sensed that what I had written for then, was probably truer now. The title of that speech that I shared at Inspiration Hills was – The Leap to Remarkable! I wrote it to encourage a group…
As we have been working together this year to bring the ministry and business piece together, we have really again seen our need for the power of the Spirit in our lives. We have really sensed our need to glorify God through our character and show Him in ways that are visible as we…
I have been hurting for almost a week. I’ve had some physical pain, but that’s not what I’m talking about. I’ve been struggling with insecurity, doubt and I’m ashamed to say a small dose of anger and jealousy. Some of the responsibilities that I’ve really enjoyed doing and have taken care of at work for…
Last year we had some major work done around the exterior of the house. It was a pretty big project for us. We had some major things done. There were a couple of small things we were leaving to this spring. One of those small projects was re-carpeting the stairs that lead up to the…