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We See Problems. God Has Answers.
When you have challenges in your life that seem impossible to overcome, do you approach God with the problems or do you call upon him for...
Never Too Late to Say "I Love You"
At Last, No Hearing Aid Needed. The son of the hospice patient I was visiting sat in the corner at the bedside of his dying mother. Even...
God Awaits on the Mountain Top and In the Valley
Throughout our lives, we find ourselves on mountain tops and in valleys. That's also where God awaits us. Life is going great and it...
Judging People by Their Cover
Do you ever judge a book by its cover? Have you ever judged another person by his or her cover? By their hair? By their clothes? By the...
Following a "Master May I" Cloud
Throughout Scripture, clouds symbolize a number of different activities of God, from God confronting Moses on Mt. Sinai to the light of...
What Do You Treasure?
How many times have you hid something of value somewhere so you would know exactly where to find it, and then you forgot where you hid it...
Pops, There Is No Water
When I'm playing golf with my son, and we come to a hole that has a pond or a lake near the fairway or in front of the tee box, he always...
God Opened My Mind's Eye
At 3 a.m. for Me to Be Part of My Dream. I woke up at 3:30. I tried going back to sleep but had this strong feeling that I should go in...
Conscience: Not Just an Internal Alarm
Warning signs are all around us. Most of the time we notice and obey them without thinking, unless of course, they prevent us from doing...
Rx: Dark Chocolate and the Bible
I knew the birthday party was for a very old friend of Margaret's, but I didn't know the words "old friend" wouldn't adequately describe...
The Temptation Snowball Effect
Have you ever experienced the "temptation snowball effect"? Come on! Sure you have. Remember how it's all downhill. It's when you don't...
Leave Your Ego at God's Throne
I volunteer as a fire chaplain at a local volunteer fire company. On one of the training walls in the bay where they park the fire...
Lent: A Time for Giving Up or Giving
Lent is a time we set aside each year to remember how God showed his love for us by sending his his Son, Jesus Christ, to the Cross for...
The Psalms to the Lord's Prayer
If you read the Psalms, you'll quickly discover the book is full of laments about the state of the world at that time and our human...
The Centurion Who Was "Spot On"
Centurions appear often in the Bible. In Luke, a centurion asks Christ to heal his slave. In Acts, we read about Cornelius, the first...
Do Your Actions Match Your Good Intentions?
I was taught at an early age not to bargain with God. But how many times have you and I made promises to God, saying we will do this or...
Viewing Life from Your Death Bed
As a hospice chaplain, I often have the privilege of being at the bedside of patients with just days, hours, or even minutes to live....
What's in Your Spiritual Quiver?
Scripture is clear. As God-fearing believers, as Christians, we do battle every day in the spiritual realm, "for our struggle is not...
When I Met a Soaking Wet Angel
Going out on a sales call up North, close to Erie, PA, I followed my usual route along a winding two-lane road that weaved in and out of...
How to Learn from, but Not Live in Your Past
Looking back is a double-edged sword. We run the risk of living in the past, neglecting the present and the future. The one edge is sharp...
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