Here's my best relational advice: It's better to eat broccoli together than to eat Twinkies alone. God has created us for relationships. He has designed us to connect with one another. Scripture has a lot to say about the importance of connecting with others. In fact, there are 54 “one another” verses in the New [...]
I tend to make everything all about me. I don’t mean to, it just happens. Never have I been as aware of this as I was a couple of weeks ago when a speaker at a conference I attended said, “God is saying to you, I MISS YOU!” It was only three words but they were [...]
In the book Tramp for the Lord the late Corrie ten Boom tells a touching story. After her release from Ravensbruck, a Nazi concentration camp, Corrie traveled to Munich to tell her story of God’s love and forgiveness to a room filled with Germans. During her speech, she told the crowd that God casts our [...]
While working in my yard last Saturday, I heard the sound of flight calls overhead. When I looked up, I saw geese flying north to Canada in a V-shaped formation. I was so intrigued that I went inside to do some online research on how geese fly together. What I learned was fascinating. When a [...]
Living in peace with everyone is one of the toughest things we will do. Peace is not the absence of conflict, but a by-product of commitment. We will not always feel like loving the people around us, but we must pursue peace in order to propel people toward Jesus. Hebrews 12:14-15 says, “Make every effort [...]
