It is no secret that I’m a Narnia fan. In fact, some years back my kids got me the complete audio set of the Chronicles of Narnia for Christmas. I love to listen to the stories and glean truths that are still applicable to the day and age we are Read more
As the news unfolds the staggering blows that are hitting America through the current administration many of us are taken aback at the complete turnaround that we will be facing. Mountains of treacherous terrain lie before us. It is a problem too big for us to overcome without our miracle Read more
We have all felt the fear of the unknown these last weeks. The knot in our stomach seems to be a permanent fixture and the thoughts roiling through our head seems to be on an endless rerun. Fear and faith vie for space in our life. The fears deepen as Read more
“Daddy, I want to do the monkey bars. I need you to come catch me if I fall.” Off to the monkey bars Daddy and daughter go. Up the metal bars she went catching the first rung and then reaching for the second leaving her body hanging in the air. Read more
She was hoping against hope. Twelve years of battling her physical ailment had left her broken and despairing. Her money continued to dwindle after each physician. Yet a remedy had not been found. The strength to go one had waned after her last coin had been handed over and the Read more
Desperate and depleted? Struggling and Searching? Looking for hope? I’ve been there. I know a little bit about huge problems with no answer in sight. Desperately praying for a miracle and seeing none. Lying awake with a heart crying out to God for a word from heaven. All the while, Read more
What if it doesn’t work out? Suppose there are serious repercussions? What if I lose my job or I’m diagnosed with cancer? Suppose God doesn’t come through? Do these swirling questions sound familiar? Most of us are too quick to look at the “what if’s” of our circumstances. Circumstances that may Read more
Fear comes in all shapes and size. The thought of failure brings fear. When facing things unknown, fear raises its ugly head. Change brings another type of fear, and then there is the fear of retribution as well as numerous other fears that we could list. We have all felt Read more
“…and who is that God that shall [bring deliverance from] my hands? Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, ‘O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the Read more
“Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man…went to sojourn…” Ruth 1:1 Our story of life is written daily. In the midst of our story God knows where we are. He knows the hard Read more