Matthew 11:1“When Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities?” When I read this verse, I wondered, “ What was the command or charge Jesus had given to his disciples, and when it says, “their...

Luke 10:38-42 38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40  But Martha was distracted by all the...

I’m so thankful that God doesn’t only pursue us and find us leading to the moment of salvation. He is God, who pursues us for our entire lives–unrelenting and never without hope for us. Why would He do this? What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that...

We were made to work. Before Adam and Eve sinned in Genesis 3 God called them to work. Genesis 2:15 "The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it." In the past, I believed Adam and Eve lived in paradise with the Lord and rested....

Stop. Did you hear that? What did you hear? Maybe you heard that familiar creak in the hallway that means one of the kids is coming to you. Or maybe you heard co-workers chatting in the background, maybe happy, maybe complaining. Maybe. Or maybe you heard the creek...

I have loved and followed the amazing sport of Hockey since I was 11 years old.  My reasons for loving this sport have grown over the years.  I want to share one of those reasons with you today.  One of the reasons I love this sport is that it truly is a team sport....

A word. A single distinct element of language that conveys meaning. Written, then perceived by the eye.  Spoken, then sensed by the ear. String them together to determine their occupation: conveying information, setting standards, delivering joyous news or devastating...

Jeremiah 1:5  " Before I formed you in the womb I knew you..." Before a potter shapes a piece of clay he has an idea, a bowl, a vase, a cup, formed first in his mind. Before an artist creates, there is a passion that is stirred inside. In the same way the creator of...

I was scanning the horizon for my loved one in the hubbub of deboarding passengers. Quick checks and flicks of the eyes - not their height, not their shape…Maybe? No, not their hair or their walk…then YES! No running or shouting, just the sweet satisfied smile of...

Man, it’s dark. This is a kind of dark I have never experienced. The kind that makes you not just hold your hand in front of your face, but actually touch your nose with it to convince yourself that it is still there. As I stand in Craighead Caverns as a...