Some politicians, including our President, are talking about providing firearms for teachers to protect against "active shooters." Here...

This year will mark 40 years since I was ordained into the ministry. If I were to calculate how many times I’ve had doubts about my fait...

Has God forgotten you? Sometimes it feels that way, doesn’t it. Like after your third miscarriage, or that divorce from the former love...

We’re not told much about Mary in the scriptures. We don’t know who her parents were, or if she had siblings. We know she had a cousin na...

Winter. Makes one shiver, doesn’t it. Chapped hands and lips. Icy roads. Grey skies. Dormancy...trees, grass. Short days, long nights. Co...

Life is always interesting during "Thanksgiving Weekend." Some folks have a "cousin Eddie" they need to contend with. All of us probab...

One of the great challenges of the Christian life is to learn how to use your talents and abilities according to God’s timing. There’s a ...

Several months ago I was sitting in a coffee shop jotting down some notes to share in a counseling session with a couple who was having s...

Someone asked me today what I tell myself when I'm going through trials. Here are some thoughts that came to mind: 1) Live today, today. ...

It's just two weeks before MIX 94.5 starts playing Christmas songs! One of my favorites is "Joy to the World." The second line in the so...

I've counseled a lot of people over the years, and I've seen and heard a lot of heartache. Along the way I've observed that one of the m...

But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed (1 Peter 3:14 NIV). Peter wrote to encourage believers who were being pe...

Back in the 70's and 80's I ambitiously veered onto the "highway" of Bible study, teaching and preaching--captivated by it. My favorite v...

As a recovering perfectionist I've learned a lot about the damage perfectionism does to relationships and self-esteem. Culture constantly...

I've been thinking lately about angels. That thinking has led to some study, the results of which I thought I'd pass along to encourage y...

She wasn't interested in dating me at first. She thought I was too serious. Arguably, she was right. I was 16 going on 30. Very introspec...

Sometime ago I paid forty dollars for a new garden hose. I was tired of ones that kinked all the time. I figured if I paid more, I’d get ...

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make stra...

When I was a boy, nine or ten years old, I asked my best friend from third grade to come home with me one afternoon after school. Doug w...

Soon the searing rays of the summer sun will surrender to moderating fall breezes. A lovely canvas of brown, orange and yellow will spre...