Photo by Yuliia Harashehenko   For we are the sweet fragrance of Christ [which exhales] unto God, [discernible alike] among...

An ambulance and fire truck screamed past us and halted at the entrance to Hope City. By the time we entered the building, paramedics...

With Valentines Day here, I had to chuckle this morning when I remembered a Valentine the Lord gave me decades ago. I can’t rightly say...

New Year’s resolutions. As needful as they may be, they have been known to turn on me when I fail to follow through. I start off,...

Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will toward men. [i]     Who would’ve ever guessed God would send an...

It was the morning after the presidential election, and there I sat (sleepers still in my eyes) to begin processing the outcome with the...

Photo by Henrieke Fischer on Unsplash   “ God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. ” Was that...

Some time back, the phrase, “an attitude of gratitude” came to mind. It reignited a thankfulness in my heart for every little thing I...

The devil is such a pro at playing the game he likes to call, The Blame Game. Find fault. Point the accusing finger. Watch people squirm....

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised,...

Time waits for no man. That’s what they say, and I am inclined to agree. I can get in such a dither when distractions crop up like...

Second Corinthians 4:17 calls this mess down here; light afflictions, a slight distress of the passing hour. Umm . . . can I just say,...

I’ve been stuck in a dry season spiritually as of late. Can’t seem to find my way forward with the Lord. He feels so distant, so...

Lazarus, four days in the tomb, was dead, stinky dead.[i] The son of a grieving widow, borne by pallbearers to his final resting place,...

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12 I caught myself the other day toying...

I blubbering lost it recently at a prayer meeting when someone thanked the Lord for the nearly 8,000 at a gathering of 12,000 in Egypt...

I can tell you right here and now that this aging business isn’t for the squeamish, because today another complaint popped up on my...

Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day, and he saw it and was glad. John 8:56 Abraham rejoiced to see millenniums ahead to what...

Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need....

I’d planned on going a different direction for this month’s blog, but in light of the nightmarish happenings in Israel and Gaza, I can’t...