Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.”– Psalm 119:105 (NIV) Recently a friend of mine told me that what he needed most right now was a roadmap. Not for the road, but ...
In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.”-Psalm 5:3 It is right to wait expectantly on God when we pray. So often, however, our prayers ...
If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I think I am living for, in detail, and ask me ...
I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day.”– Luke 13:33 (NIV) The Pharisees and Jesus were almost like oil and water. You don’t have to read the Gospels for long to pick up on the tension ...
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you.”– 1 Peter 4:12 (NIV) “It’s not fair.” That’s the refrain parents often hear from their children when a ...
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.”– Aristotle Earlier this week, Cameron Douglas, 31 year-old son of Academy Award winning actor Michael Douglas, was sentenced ...
We do not grow by knowing all of the answers, but rather by living with the questions.”– Max De Pree I have to admit, although I’m not a big fan of television series in general, I’m hooked on ABC’s ...
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”– Mark Twain Earlier this week my wife and a few of her friends enjoyed an evening together at a fashion party, each dressing according to their ...
People understand me so poorly that they don’t even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.”– Soren Kierkegaard A client of mine many years ago was the CEO of a software start-up. Brilliant beyond belief, this CEO would ...
Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.”– Psalm 105:4 I recently saw a old photo of me as a young boy, probably about five years of age, standing next to my father. What caught my ...