Tag: faith

Inspirational

The First Day After Christmas

If you stuck with tradition, it’s likely that you still have scraps of wrapping paper around your Christmas tree. After all, yesterday was the big day to explore all the treasures waiting there. For some, it was all about Santa and presents. For others, it was about the birthday of the Savior of the world. […]

December 26, 2022
Inspirational

Unwrapping that Gift of Faith

Now God has us where he wants us, with all the time in this world and the next to shower grace and kindness upon us in Christ Jesus. Saving is all his idea, and all his work. All we do is trust him enough to let him do it. It’s God’s gift from start to […]

November 7, 2022
Inspirational

What a Crazy Idea!

Have you ever had an idea that people around you simply thought was crazy? They looked at you with bewildered faces, wondering what you could be thinking. They tried to talk you out of the idea because it simply made no sense to them. They may have actually convinced you for a time that your […]

July 7, 2022
Inspirational

Does Jesus Marvel at Your Faith?

When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!” Matthew 8:10, NKJV Let’s try to imagine what kind of faith we could have that would cause Jesus to marvel, to be amazed. The Centurion who came to […]

June 23, 2022
Inspirational

A Little Scripture Gem

I was reading the story in Exodus where Moses picked 70 of his best and brightest guys to help guide the people. This is the story just before the moment when God gives Moses the Ten Commandments. Anyway, reading the story again, I realized I had never really focused on this one section.  Moses takes […]

February 24, 2022
Inspirational

Define, Refine, Renew Your Faith

You’ve been defining what it means to be a person of faith for some time. No doubt your concept of faith has changed over the years, grown and matured as you have witnessed more closely how it works. You may even be in a place where you feel comfortable with your faith just as it […]

October 25, 2021
Inspirational

Facing Reality

It’s odd to realize we no longer live in a world where we can easily recognize what’s real and what isn’t. Half-truths abound. Fake news is accepted as fact. Facts are distorted and everything seems to need to be verified before you know whether you should believe it. Since you can’t check every camera angle […]

September 23, 2021
Inspirational

Inside, Outside, Upside Down Faith

One of my favorite Berenstain Bears books is the one that tells the story of how Little Bear gets inside a box, gets loaded onto a truck outside, and eventually gets turned upside down.  When Little Bear’s mother finds him at the end of the story, he happily announces, “Mama, mama, I was inside a […]

June 21, 2021