You’ve heard the saying, “the only constant is change”, and it seems to be true.  Work, kids, marriages, friendships, churches, health, finances, homes, politics, passions…everything seems to change.  Just when we get used to something, it changes.  Just when we think we can count on something, it changes. We can’t really count on anything staying [...]

One great way to make Scripture come alive is to rewrite it (carefully and reverently) in your own words.  It allows you to personalize the words written so many years ago in a new way.  I did this with Psalm 96 the other morning, and it was refreshing to me… Let’s not sing the same [...]

Have you ever been around someone that loves to talk about how well they are doing?  They might mention a job promotion, how amazing their kids are, how effective they are at home or school or church, or what a great spouse they have been lately.  They seem genuinely pleased with their efforts, and don’t [...]

I wrote a while ago about our family’s attempt to stop saying “ouch” (we had to pay a quarter every time we said it).  It really worked great…we seldom say it these days. We have tried a couple of times to start a new system of paying a quarter every time we complain…about anything.  Complain [...]