I believe that sometimes we forget that God really is at work among us, that He really does work in small ways and huge ones.  We can get so caught up in the very real struggles of life that we forget we serve a powerful, caring, personal God.  But sometimes we are reminded. I have [...]

Proverbs 29 reveals two traps that sometimes affect me: To flatter friends is to lay a trap for their feet – Proverbs 29:5 I’d better have kind words for people.  But if those kind words are not true words, they may allow the person to believe a lie.  If you’ve seen American Idol you’ve seen [...]

The Bible in four words: love God, love others.  Jesus agreed that the entire law of Moses could be summed up in these two phrases.  But what does it mean to love God?  How do we express our love for Him?  Well, Jesus’ answer to this question is recorded quite clearly in John 14 & [...]

The Bible can be complicated sometimes.  There are so many books, chapters, verses, characters, instructions, and places!  How can we keep it all straight?  Does God really expect us to remember all that?  Thankfully, Luke records a conversation that Jesus had with an ‘expert’ in religious law.  Jesus asked the man what the law of [...]

First, let me just say that I am incredibly proud to live in a nation that would elect a man regardless of the color of his skin.  I am not terribly hopeful about the direction our country may go under his leadership, but to see he and Michelle and their kids walk down the steps [...]