- Nov 27, 2018
- 6 min
Awaiting Advent
Since last Thursday was Thanksgiving, it seems like the world is now in full Christmas season. Although a lot of department stores...
- Oct 18, 2018
- 4 min
Waiting...
Often times when reading Scripture we can find ourselves wishing that things would happen for us as quickly as they happened to those...
- Oct 16, 2018
- 4 min
A-Day
It was this week twenty-one years back that I was standing at an airport gate and my life changed. This was back in 1997 when you could...
- Oct 4, 2018
- 5 min
Struggles
It hit me last night. I have been struggling. At least that's what I told myself. A few years back I heard one of those sermons that...
- Sep 28, 2018
- 5 min
In One Word.
Growing up I spent my summers in Mexico. Well, on the Texas/Mexico boarder to be more specific. My dad would take mission trips down each...
- Sep 9, 2018
- 5 min
First and Last
The longest I have lived anywhere since I was 18 was about three years. This means that I have been a part of a lot of churches. But for...
- Aug 6, 2018
- 4 min
Half Truths
In our age os social media we have so often come to judge people, for the better or for the worse, based on a few snapshots of their...
- Jun 21, 2018
- 3 min
Answers
Last night I sat in a living room with 8 other people. Honestly, no one took notice of us. No one noticed a few extra cars outside...
- Jun 19, 2018
- 5 min
If I Forget...
A year or two ago I read an article that pointed out the main difference between the old guard and the new of a certain denomination in...
- Jun 16, 2018
- 4 min
I want the thunder
One of my favorite verses in Scripture has long been Isaiah 64:1. "Oh that You would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains...
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