Facing Your Fear………

Sometimes in life, we turn around and realize that we are up against something bigger than ourselves…….. more than we can handle. Terrifying. Sometimes this very “thing” can get the best of us, causing us to back down and run the other way. But...

Thirty Years Later, India, and Adoption……….

When Margo and I sat in a high school physics class together thirty years ago, we never dreamed that one day we would sit on a couch with our daughters, both from India, thirty years later. But while we were home for Thanksgiving this year, we had the wonderful...

"It Is What It Is" but SO IS HE!!!

I’ve been called to some hard places in life. I’m sure you have too. I could  question, argue, whine, complain, and doubt all day long every day. I could choose to let this be it. My destiny could be wrapped up in “She’s lost two children, poor...
If You’re Running Out of Time this Christmas Season………

If You’re Running Out of Time this Christmas Season………

  In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.  (This was the first census that took place whileQuirinius was governor of Syria.)   And everyone went to their own town to register. So Joseph also went up from...

What God Does With Broken People………

I was in a classroom recently where broken things caught my eye…… a broken broom……. bent to the point of almost breaking, but still sweeping paper just like an unbent broom. a broken notebook……. falling apart but still holding  a...

When Words Won’t Come…………..

  I’ve tried and tried to find words to share this morning, but they just aren’t there. I’m thankful today for so many things. I just don’t have any big thoughts that seem worth your time or energy. So, here I sit. I’m thankful that God...