Dead to Sin

So, let’s be honest. We have all struggled with an addiction of some sort. cigarettes, drugs, alcohol or maybe even video games.. whatever it is, its destructive I want to talk about something that hits very close to home for me… pornography. A recent study done said that there are roughly 40 million Christians in [...]

One More Day

Happy Leap Year Day! Hope you have something extraordinary planned for your day. Or, if the day seems ordinary, you are able to be the extraordinary in it. Extra days, they don’ come along very often. A few weeks ago I was running the Myrtle Beach Marathon. Right before mile 18 there was a man [...]

Day of Abundance

On Mondays I fill my kitchen with piles of laundry to sort, wash, dry and put away. Today, is no different. My floor is covered and the smell is permeating the air. Although this is very much the normal routine for me, I was overwhelmed with a thought today while I sorted through the stinky socks and [...]

We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Patches

Once again, I find myself sitting in a dingy waiting area with old magazines and new tires. My tire is on the verge of flatness and my vain efforts to keep air in it, is lost. It’s not that this is the first time, you know. In fact, I’ve been dealing with leaking tires, flat [...]

Damage Control

We think we’re clever. We think we know what is best. WE…think we are in control. We try to control our finances, our homes, where we’ll live, where we’ll work. Our goal is to assimilate our lives the way we perceive they should be. The events that take place, of course are all played out [...]

Bright Spot

I’ve been in a bit of a funk at work lately… and everything seemed to be annoying me to the core. Perhaps you’ve had similar spells from time to time? I suppose many people do. But for the most part, I feel I do a good job managing the day to day issues and remain [...]

Know It All

 He was the Thomas Edison of our time.  He was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc.  He was Steve Jobs. I read an article in USA Today last month shortly after his death.  Oddly enough, his biography was published and going on sale within days of Mr. Jobs’ last breath.  The article described some interesting [...]

A Gift

Kids are a great source of joy and fulfillment.  The Bible says children are a gift from the Lord (Ps 137:3).    Kids also challenge us and push us to our limits sometimes.  Lately, Jill and I find ourselves telling our kids that the world doesn’t revolve around them.  Often, when I say that, I [...]

No Room, No Room, Move Down, Move Down!

For a long time now, the silliness of man’s striving in this world has been a source of amusement to me, especially when I catch myself doing it. It reminds me of the Disney version of “Alice in Wonderland”, the scene of the Mad Hatter tea party. They do not want to even admit Alice [...]

On His Sleeve

Do you ever wonder how much faith talk is appropriate for business? I met with a business owner a few years ago. We were talking about a salesman whom we’d both interviewed. “He wears his faith on his sleeve,” he said about the salesman.  I took that as a negative. I remembered the salesman talked [...]