When we take a moment out of the busy-ness of our lives to think about God, when we pray to the one we’re thinking about, and when we give these precious few moments to the God who first gave that time to us, we’re doing...

The saying goes, “A rolling stone gathers no moss.” Yeah. A rolling Christian hasn’t time to give in to bad habits. If we’re busy doing Christian, we won’t be doing what we don’t want to be doing.

I don’t believe the first Christians, the ones who first called themselves Christian, thought of the word in the sense of a noun, but more as a verb. “Christian” described their attitude and activity toward God.

We have such a great opportunity, you and I. Ironic, isn’t it that neither you nor I asked to be alive in this world, yet here we are with, not only life, but an opportunity to use it for good in this world! Sounds simple...

I admit it. I thought I couldn’t love Nineveh. They’re brutal beasts without understanding – a lot like cows with mad cow disease. Their brains must be mush! They lash out and destroy without being aware that they do it. ...

Okay, last time I admitted I was running away from Nineveh. I’d spent time in the bottom of the boat trying to sleep off my indifference toward those I’ve been sent to interact with on behalf of the One who sent me. I spent...

I recently returned from Minnesota, a town not far from Minneapolis, and my thoughts have me wondering if it was my Tarshish. Having been that far inland had me feeling relatively safe as far as being tossed overboard and being...

Have you ever had one of those inexplicable things happen to you where all you can do is chalk it up to an act of God? I don’t mean a storm or some other temper tantrum of nature – that isn’t God at all. I mean something that...

I’d forgotten just how much work goes into remodeling a room! The urge to cut corners and fudge just to get it done and done on the cheap is formidable. But nagging at us was the feeling that this room would be with us for a...

Like the wind, our untouchable vessels can only be touched by an entity that is without physical substance. The Spirit writes God’s love letter to us afresh each day on a living parchment only She can touch. Others can fill the...

This moment, as I reflect on my life’s sentence, I realize that for the most part this little cube has become for me a real part of my life. Most of the time it is neither reward nor punishment, just a place to sit, and work,...

When a weight lifter stops struggling against the weights and starts working with them, the workout becomes a good thing with positive results. Likewise, when we learn to see every kind of struggle as exercise with rewards, as...

Humans are a lot like toasters! When we’re growing and glowing spiritually, we get hot for Jesus – amen? Occasionally we turn ourselves off to give us a rest, to keep from burning out. But sometimes we get so comfortable being...

I have a confession to make: I’m not much good at confession. They say that confession is good for the soul, but I just don’t want everybody knowing my business. More than that, I have a problem with admitting when I’m wrong. ...

We all need encouragement. It’s also important that we give it. How many of us work hard at living for and giving to others only to do it without any thanks or encouragement for our efforts? It feels so good to get...