I believe that depending on your predominant personality type - extrovert vs introvert - you may or may not enjoy standing out from the crowd.  I also believe that there are extremes with both of those types as well; i.e. an extrovert that enjoys standing out SO much that they feel slighted if they are … Continue reading Be Radical – Stand Out From The Crowd →

(Recommended Reading - John 20:1-31) “But Thomas, sometimes called the Twin, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples told him, ‘We saw the Master.’  But he said, ‘Unless I see the nail holes in his hands, put my finger in the nail holes, and stick my hand in … Continue reading Doubt and Innocence →

Today I want to use part of the parable Jesus spoke in Mark 4:30-32 when He told about the mustard seed.  Verse 31b-32 says:  “...a mustard seed, which, when planted, is the smallest of all the seeds in the field; but after it has been planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all the … Continue reading One Kind Word →

For those of us that have always lived in America, we have pretty much taken our freedoms for granted.  But those freedoms have been eroding for a very long time, little by little.  Some of our politicians are very clever, changing things a bit at a time so that they are not noticed until it … Continue reading FREEDOM →

The past 3 days the titles of my devotionals have been:  “Just Believe”, “Just Ignore Them” and “Just Get up”.  They all were based on Mark 5:21-43.  Then, ironically, the sermon at my church this weekend was based on Luke 8:40-56, which is the exact same story being related by another disciple of Jesus. The … Continue reading Just A Touch →

(Recommended Reading:  2 Samuel 13 - 19:18 - Quotes from NLT) I share with you today, on Father’s Day, a reprint of the article I published for this occasion last year. In my Mother’s Day article I said:  “We do not read the impactful kind of stories in the Bible about Mothers like we do … Continue reading A Father’s Love →

First I want to establish the definition of a pretender.  According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the definition of the word that is relevant for this article is this:  “one who makes a false or hypocritical show”.  Some of the synonyms for the word are:  faker, fraud, imposter and phony.    How many people sit in church … Continue reading Pretenders →

(Recommended Reading:  John 8) I enjoy reading Bible passages that seem to show the humanity of Jesus.  He was 100% God but He was also 100% human.  The human side of Jesus experienced everything that all humans experience.  I cannot imagine how frustrating it must have been for Him at times when as God, He … Continue reading Harsh Realities →

Grief is a dreaded word, because it means that something has happened either in our own life or someplace around us that results in heartbreak and sadness.    Today, because of the accelerated level of communication in the world we can know almost instantly when something bad has occurred.  This has created the illusion that things … Continue reading Grief →

I am sure that all of you remember that Christmas song that talks about how you had better behave because Santa knows when you are sleeping and he knows when you are awake, he knows when you have been bad or good, etc.  The words are used as an attempt to coerce children to behave … Continue reading You See Me When I’m Sleeping… →