At the beginning of this new year, I find myself in a place that I have been many times. This is not an uncomfortable place for me, nor do I have any fear of the future. You see, I love new years, new semesters, new challenges, new stages in life, and just about any opportunity to step back and ...
"God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” Pastor Andy looks back at his childhood and remembers the words of an elderly baseball coach that have stuck with him and have encouraged him for 36 years now.
Have you reached the stage in life or do you remember the stage when everyone your age started to get married? If you were one of the first to get married, you may have noticed some of your long time friends drifting away. If you were a little slower to tie the knot, you may have felt left out or ...
As the summer approaches I often find myself thinking of the endless summers of my youth. It was as though time stood still and God gave me three never ending months to swim, play, and explore. Now I feel like God is giving me just three short months to cram in an endless amount of work and ...
Many of us are so completely plugged in, tuned in, or just plain wired that we begin to panic when our cell signal drops below two bars. I have even seen a few of my friends on their knees praying for a better connection. I guess for that reason alone, you could say that all of this technology is ...
I recently had the opportunity to attend a conference at which Gayle Haggard was speaking. I was interested in what she would share so attended her session...I even sat on the front row. What I heard astounded me. Gayle is the wife of pastor Ted Haggard who was also president of ...
There are times in our lives when we get the feeling that there has to be more than this. More than this nine to five job that is wearing my back out, more than these student loans which are weighing me down, and more than this every day battle with the flesh that never seems to end. There must be ...
I recently read a work of fiction entitled Angelology. It was a New York Times Bestseller. There was one paragraph in the book that read, "Seraphina said. 'John said that in the Beginnning there was the Word and the Word was with God. What he did not say is that in order to ...
Last week, a friend from church gave me a book to read called The Masculine Mandate by Richard Phillips. Monday I set down to read and after doing so, I would recommend this book to anyone, male or female. I would like to share the opening illustration of chapter 11, “Men in ...
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, James 1:19 I read an awesome illustration this morning. A National Geographic photographer in a hurry to get pictures of a great forest fire was taken to the airport to ...