After hacking away at the stones around the door to his cell, Father Gerard sneaked past the guards…
Read MoreI feel like I’m hanging over a chasm, reaching for a rare flower.
Read MoreLoving others usually means rearranging your life for their benefit.
Read MoreChris and Christ. Two beautiful generosity stories. Each reminds us that generosity is a choice.
Read MoreIntegrity. That’s the currency the world buys.
Read MoreOswald Chambers wrote, “We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense.”
Read MoreThe future is going to be better than our current circumstances, and I can be part of making that happen.
Read MoreOne willing heart is more useful to God than a thousand pious ones.
Read MoreRefusing to submit to God-given authority is like jumping from a plane with no parachute.
Read MoreHumility is best achieved through hidden acts of service. Like a special ingredient, you may not know its name, but it’s the very thing that takes something from good to great.
Read MoreFaithfulness is not an attitude, or even an action, it is a character trait fashioned from a heart that consistently serves the interests of others rather than pursue quick personal gain.
Read MoreWe feel like we have to “work” our way into heaven. Eventually it all becomes too much. We burn out and crash. God is more concerned about how much we do with him than how much we do for him.
Read MoreHeaven should be passionately desired, because God is there and he’s exceedingly desirable. Our hearts should yearn for heaven because they yearn for God.
Read MoreTransformative power is released when Christ’s church, through the grace of his Holy Spirit, clothes itself in humility, obedience and love.
Read MoreThe first step toward life-giving community is to decide to love others, at least as much as we love ourselves, and perhaps even more.
Read MoreWhat’s your plan on Earth? Are you here to serve or to be served?
Read MoreObedience is most enjoyable when we are secure in our identity in God.
Read MoreSometimes we see the church as an entertainment center where the stage is set…
Read MoreNot only is Jesus eternal, but each one of his attributes is unsearchable. Isaiah 40:28 says…
Read MoreOn May 31, 1997, Megan and I achieved our long-awaited objective when we both said the words…
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