The Winter Olympics began this week and the feats of strength, skill, and stamina will be stunning. I love the Summer Olympics, but there is a factor present in nearly every event of the Winter … Read More
Surviving Winter and Other Challenges
It may have arrived a bit late, but winter has truly asserted itself in western Pennsylvania. There is snow outside of my window that is over 11 days old. Near-zero temperatures every night have my … Read More
The Precious Faithful
What do you know about Old Faithful? Like me, you probably know some bare facts –a geyser that blasts hot water from the ground in regular spurts to the delight of visitors to Yellowstone National … Read More
A New Heart
For the first time in history, surgeons replaced a man’s failing heart with that of a pig. We have been able to use heart valves from pigs for over 30 years, but only within the … Read More
The Year’s Honeymoon
There was a time in our history when people measured time with the phases of the moon. Since the moon waxes and wanes within a 30-day period, that time was called a “moon”. Storytellers in … Read More
The Power of Waking Up to How God Has Loved Me
Has anyone beside me ever read from God’s Word a particular passage that made you insecure about your being right with God? I surely have, and one such passage is perhaps the very passage that … Read More
What Would You Undo?
Whoever thought of “undo” was a pure genius. I use that command nearly every time I’m typing away at the computer. What would we do without it now? Every mistake – big or small – … Read More
Prioritizing With God’s Help
Does anyone reading this besides me have a recurring problem with bad prioritizing? Do you perhaps have a mental flash of thought where you realize, “I have spent too much time on things not nearly … Read More
Sighing to Singing
Psalm 5 begins with one kind sound and ends with another. Both sounds come from the same source: the heart of God’s people. The first sound is the sighing cry of the person who looks … Read More
Our God Entrusts His Lambs to Us
The title of this article expresses a vitally important truth to the entire church. God’s own Words establish this statement with focused certainty. See if you can hear this truth expressed by God Himself in … Read More