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August used to be ‘the dog days of summer.’ Do you remember that? The temperatures were hot and the summer breezes fled away, and dogs and people sat out on porches relaxing while attempting to stay cool….. So much for that! This August we are all running at mach speeds. School will be back in [...]

Our Walking with God can be full of unexpected adventure and opportunities that we never dreamed of – or not. It can be exciting – exhilarating even – or not. We can either yield to His amazing leadership, or we can say ‘no thank you.’ We can either spend our lives playing it safe, or [...]

Isaiah said, ‘For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given’ (9:6). This morning, after struggling though traffic that was complicated by the first rain in over 40 days, I am struck by the simple word ‘us.’ We live in such a ‘me’, ‘my’ and ‘I’ world; you know, “get out [...]

Glenda and I went zip lining this week. We harnessed up, climbed up a 4000ft tower (OK, maybe 80 feet), allowed a person we have never met to clip us to a steel cable and we stepped out into – nothing. The pre-zip instructions were interesting: ‘you can hold here, (the front line attaching to [...]

The phrase brings to mind different images and ideas for different people. Historians or archaeologists probably immediately envision the iconic transportation system that enabled Rome to subdue the world and enforce the Pax Romana…the Roman Peace. Evangelists will quickly move to a witnessing pamphlet that outlines a group of scriptures commonly referred to as ‘the [...]

I absolutely loved the Missions Conference! I spent a few minutes this morning thinking about my favorite part. I think it was Brian Crow’s question of ‘how do you know when God is finished with you?’ The answer is ‘When you are looking at Him face to face.’ A large part of the purpose of [...]

Do you ever think that God just doesn’t get it? You try over and over to explain what you need, or want, or demand – and He provides something completely different. That is if you notice that He provided anything at all. There are times when I am asking for chariots of fire or raging [...]