Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done. – 1 Chronicles 16:8 (NIV84) Our family moved to the “big city” from the country in 2009. We went from a 2.25 acre lot down to less than one acre. The fenced area where the kids play [...]

Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. — Psalm 90:12 (NIV) What stands out as you reflect on 2010? As I think about our church family, what comes to mind is good and bad; gains and losses. We added more new members (16) than any year in [...]

“Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” – Matthew 1:20-21 (NIV) [...]

Traditionally, Thanksgiving was a time to reflect upon God’s good provision at the end of the harvest season. After preparing the ground, sowing the seeds, and reaping the crops, the people expressed thankfulness to God who caused the seed to grow, the rain to fall, and the sun to shine.

Today, people are mostly thankful for the day off, a football game, the start of the ‘holiday’ season, and an excuse to eat way too much.
What are you thankful for this year?

Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe, and tell them to take up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan from right where the priests stood and to carry them over with you and put them down at the place where you stay tonight. Joshua 4:2–3 (NIV) Washington D.C. is [...]

And do not grumble, as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel.  These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. 1 Corinthians 10:10-11 (NIV) “No pain, no gain” the exercise slogan goes.  The idea is that [...]

And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord: “If you give the Ammonites into my hands, whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in triumph from the Ammonites will be the Lord’s, and I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering… When Jephthah returned to his home [...]

Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. 1 Peter 2:2-3 (NIV) Some of you have noticed that my Bible doesn’t have many pages past the book of Revelation.  That is because my primary Bible [...]

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. – Romans 12:2 (NIV) A gob of hot, molten glass drops into a mold.  A plunger comes [...]

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 (NIV) Some people fall apart under pressure, while others do really well.  The [...]