What a simple decision! Choose the honor of praying before the assembly or to honor of the name of Jesus.!

You can survive it – by the grace of God! Quitter’s Day is today, the resolution apocalypse , observed each year on the second Friday of...

Be Blessed Like the Holy Family!   Psalm 1:1-2 forcefully insists - that those whose “delight is in the law of the Lord” and who...

Stealth technology wields fascinating power because of its ability to make an aircraft or ship undetectable, enabling any mission to...

Five Joyful Reflections on Twenty-five Blog Posts!

I love to be asked this question, but I often hesitate before answering. Curious Christians ask me why I have memorized 14 New Testament...

The Legacy of Eleven Verses that Changed a Lumberjack’s Life!  Oregon Historical Society Frontier Work!               It is truly...

Reading the Bible is how God changes you, even if you cannot tell. Resist the temptation to to stop reading God's means of changing you!

The joy of combining spiritual and physical exercise You can ask two questions of Christians and likely get the same answer! “Do you...

Listen to Criticism, Then Listen to God Sometimes, God will show you an issue in another believer’s life, about which you must pray and...

When Your Memories Fade, What Will Remain? One of the tragedies of the senior years is that your mind can become fragile, memory can...

Life Lessons from Her Holy Place and Space! Where is your holy “place” where you pray alone to God?  Do you have a holy “space” in your...

Spiritual Disciplines and News Stories, Part Two In the last post, I reflected on how not to respond to the news as the world does and...

Spiritual Disciplines and News Stories, Part One The common expression “can't live with it and can't live without it” often describes the...

Throughout the 1960s-1980s, many public service announcements used the phrase: "It's 10 PM. Do you know where your children are?” Local...

How Your Private Devotional Life Should Have Public Results Part 2 of 2 Branching Out Toward Others Your spiritual disciplines are deeply...

Part One: Grounding Your Devotional Life in God The means of grace, like Bible reading, meditation, and prayer, are inherently...

Susannah Spurgeon’s Creative Encouragement Susannah Spurgeon died in 1903, faithful to Christ until the end, just as she had been...

Light the Fires of Meditative Passion for God! Part 2 In the previous post, we considered the burning and hellish thoughts that can harm...

Part 1 - Don't Kindle that Fire! Francine Hughes burned her husband to death on their bed after enduring years of horrific domestic...