Hope and Freedom vs. Desolation and Death

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“If there is no laughter, Jesus has gone somewhere else. If there is no joy and freedom, it is not a church: it is simply a crowd of melancholy people basking in a religious neurosis. If there is no celebration,...
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Living Your Sacred Purpose

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Long before Pastor Rick brilliantly reduced the Purpose Driven Life to a billboard on the side of a Starbucks coffee cup, he asked a question that is top of mind within every person in the world... "Why on Earth Am...
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Transitioning From A Life You Hate To One You Love

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Loraine, a 45 year old divorced woman with a 10 year old son (diagnosed with full-blown ADHD) is an industrial engineer living in a city she hates… working at a job she hates… in a male-dominated political climate she hates…...
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Who Do You See?

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When You Look In The Mirror... Do you see the person Christ expects you to be? If you cannot answer this "absolutely YES," then you might want to stop right here and ponder a few of life's biggest questions... and even...
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Thank You, Lord. Just thank You.

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A Prayer For Today… “Lord, I can and do thank You for so many, many things — things such as:   My life in Christ so miraculously given to myself and others,My wife and family,Friends, food and fellowship,  Plus many, many more....
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A Prayer For Today… Thinking Again Of Grace

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A Prayer For Today… Thinking Again Of Grace  “Lord, while I know it to be true this day… I want to know it more.  I ask for a deeper, more settled, and more transformational sense of the beauty of your...
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A Prayer For Today… Being Grateful This Day

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A Prayer For Today… On Being Grateful This Day  “Oh, Lord, I totally realize there’s trouble in the world — just as you said there would be.  Even in knowing that, however,  I ask for you to enable me today...
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A Prayer For Today — When I Just Do Not Know

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A Prayer For Today… When I Just Do Not Know “Lord, I do ask, quite simply, that should I struggle with anything that I do not know today — whether that be the reason for a sickness, or something that...
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A Prayer For Today — In Darkness May We See

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A Prayer For Today… In Darkness May We See “Lord, I know from experience that I don’t clearly see you at all times and in every situation.  You know what I mean: in what I would call my dark times....
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