Coloring Between the Lines
One day, not very long ago, my grandson Asher was in preschool coloring a picture. As he pushed the crayon across the page he announced, “Jesus never colored outside the…
Category: Encouragment
The Dividing Line
The dividing line of all religion, all philosophy, and all worldviews is whether Jesus is God the Son or not. There is no in-between or nuance of position, there can…
Our Part: Love
Nope, I didn’t skip one. If you haven’t been following along we’ve been looking at Peter’s progression in his 2nd letter. “Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence,…
Our Part: Godliness
When trying to define pornography and obscenity Justice Potter Stewart famously said: “I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within…
Our Part: Perseverance
There was once an older gentleman that decided to take a young girl fishing on a lake filled with stumps. During their outing, the girl’s hook repeatedly snagged the submerged…
Our Part: Self-Control
After watching my grandkids go through the drama of potty training I’m glad that I don’t recall my own journey in that area of life. The amount of tears and…
Our Part: Knowledge
My grandkids have a very common toy. It is a set of cubes that are hollow and have an open side with each cube being a bit smaller than the…
Conflict:Peace vs. Control
What is it about humanity that desires peace and longs for conflict? We want our lives to be as peaceful as a mountain lake on a still day; perfectly reflecting…
Experience, Not Empathy
I have a document of springboard ideas for Blog articles that I read through when I’m not sure what to write about. The list of ideas is made up of…
Faith’s Review and Expectation
The rented jeep struggles against the high altitude and rough road as we approach Engineer pass. Tucked away in the San Juan mountains of Colorado is a jeep trail called…
Worry, Stress, Anxiety, Oh My!
“Casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.” (1 Peter 5:6–7, NASB95) Sounds simple, right? When worry, stress, and anxiety find their ways into our lives all…
Got Living Water?
There is a project in my garage waiting to be tackled, Grandpa Joe’s windmill. It’s a three-legged prairie windmill that was originally used to pump water from a farmer’s well.…