Everyone wants peace. The angelic message rings loud to us during these turbulent times, “Peace On Earth, Good Will Toward Men.” But finding that peace can be elusive for many. Peace “eroders” like worry, fear, disappointment, anxiety, loss, and pain hit everyone and are found everywhere. And yet the Bible […]

Over and over again we read throughout Scripture that we are not alone. Jesus will not leave us nor forsake us and He is with us always. Of this we can be certain. But why do we feel all alone sometimes? Why do we feel like no one cares? Feelings […]

What happened on April 14, 1912? The unthinkable happened. The unsinkable sunk. I’m speaking of course of the Titanic. The final message in morse code from the great ship was SOS. But everyone was too far away, and help did not come. Sometimes life makes us feel as though we […]

Life can be unpredictable, difficult, and anxiety-producing. During times like this, and really at all times, we need to ask ourselves: “Where do I focus, and in whom do I place my faith?” It has been said, “We don’t know what the future holds, but we do know Who holds […]

Life can be unpredictable, difficult, and anxiety-producing. During times like this, and really at all times, we need to ask ourselves: “Where do I focus, and in whom do I place my faith?” It has been said, “We don’t know what the future holds, but we do know Who holds […]

Life can be unpredictable, difficult, and anxiety-producing. During times like this, and really at all times, we need to ask ourselves: “Where do I focus, and in whom do I place my faith?” It has been said, “We don’t know what the future holds, but we do know Who holds […]

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! This week we celebrate one day out of the year we call Thanksgiving Day. But God encourages us to be thankful always. Ephesians 5:20 says to “Always give thanks to God the Father for everything.” And I Thessalonians 5:18 tells us to “Give thanks in all circumstances, […]

I love this verse tucked away in 2 Chronicles 20:12. Jehoshaphat is facing a formidable foe and the odds are stacked heavily against him. He is outgunned and outmanned and about to be undone. And he says these words that grip me: “For we have no power to face this vast […]

Presidents come and presidents go but our prayer for them must be constant. Last week, Joe Biden became president-elect of the United States. As Christians, I want you to begin to pray for him earnestly as he’ll need it. Being president is a deeply challenging job in a deeply conflicted […]

This week is election day. It seems to me that our society is more fractured and conflicted than at any time in my lifetime. I was born in 1960 and, while I don’t really remember “the 60s” in real-time, I do know that the 60s were tumultuous. I’ve gone back […]