I have for the last several months been struggling with my Christianity. Even to the point that I removed myself from teaching a Bible...

One of my favorite things about planning and/or attending events is to visit new places . BUT one of my least favorite parts is not b eing able to fin d restrooms, meeting rooms, or classes. It is VERY important for guests to feel welcomed in your location. One of the best ways to do that is to have signs everywhere. Do not assume that the little plaque on the wall (that someone who knew where everything is) placed on a wall. MANY guests do not notice these. My sug

Luke 19:42 says, “Would that you knew the things that make for peace.” Consider the words of this verse! Jesus knew that the daily life...

Acts 2:46-47 says: “They followed a daily discipline of worship in the Temple followed by meals at home, every meal a celebration,...

Ephesians 4:1-3 says: "Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have...

“Again, you have heard that the ancients were told, ‘You shall not make false vows, but shall fulfill your vows to the Lord.’ But I say...

Making the Prince of Peace key in your life “For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on...

1 John 3: 16-18 "This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our...

It is not often that I write a column that uses an Apocryphal text, but I find myself struggling this year with the idea of giving thanks...

Is it wrong to believe that there is a purpose for you to exist in this world at this time? Is it impossible to think that there could be something that created ...

Really I do not know what to do. I get either into a place of contemplativeness or pondering and cannot see an end. Sometimes I get...

The apostle Paul says in Ephesians 4: 14-16: “We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and tossed about by every wind of...

“All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to...

Jesus said, “ The one who hates Me hates My Father also. If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not...

2 Cor. 5:17 “So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!” (NRSV)...

How many of you like going to places where you might know - nobody? Not many of us. How about going places your friends might say “that’s...

All over this country media people, entertainers, business owners, politicians, judges, athletes, clergy, parents, and even children are...

A dear friend shared with many in his blog this quote from Helen Mallicoat: “I was regretting the past and fearing the future. Suddenly...

“It’s Gospel.” She said. As I thought about it, I realized she meant that is the absolute truth. It got me thinking, how many uses do we...