Benefit of the Backspace
It’s amazing how saying less means so much more.
Jump Ball With God
Have you ever watched a kids basketball game? They’re all scrambling around, don’t quite have the ball under control, but they know their objective: get it in the basket. Occasionally, they pass it. Often, they shoot and miss. The tall ones get all the rebounds. This is the way it was when I played basketball […]
Go Ahead, Eat the Middle First
Why do we save the best for last? Oh, I know. It builds tension for the big finish. It gets the audience warmed up so they can really appreciate our magic when they see it. We set them up so we can knock them out with one punch. They’re puddy in our hands. It’s about […]
Lacing Up cleats on Holy Ground
The whole burning bush incident has always interested me. Moses there beyond the wilderness, his attention drawn aside by this shrub in flames, who goes to investigate only to hear the voice of God. And what does God say but, “Come no closer! Remove those sandals, you’re standing on Holy ground.” And there Moses is, standing before God, […]
Crying foul in a fair game
From our earliest days, the injustice of getting less when someone else gets more stings. What if our eternal future rest on whether we can let this go?
Making the Invisible Enemy Visible
Life is a constant battle with unseen challenges. Invoking faith helps visualize these challenges, turning them from formidable opponents into manageable entities that can be defeated.
Same God, New Me, Daily
God doesn’t keep repeating Gods-self. That’s SUCH a good thing. He doesn’t say what I would say to me, “If I’ve told you once I’ve told you a thousand times ___________.” Nope. God finds a new way to put what God needs to keep telling me over and over again. That is grace. Because the […]
All By Myself, but not alone
Isn’t it funny how you can feel the difference between “no one is home” and “no one will be home for the next 6 hours”? That’s what it was like when the crowd thinned this morning and I had the whole house to myself. I wrote that on Wednesday morning (2 days ago), the second day […]
Keeping My Eye on the Ball
There’s a picture in my high school year book, senior year, of me connecting bat to softball. I am recorded for the ages in my blue and white Sherwood Warriors uniform, applying a mighty swing. The funny thing is, I am not looking at the ball. I am looking off into center field where I […]
What if the Lord is Waiting on Me?
Oswald Chambers writes for today, “Once you have the right relationship with God through salvation and sanctification, remember that whatever your circumstances may be, you have been placed in them by God. And God uses the reaction of your life to your circumstances to fulfill His purpose, as long as you continue to “walk in the light as He […]