Just returned from a little camping trip with my wife. Short story…we were smoked out no matter where we went in Northern California. I must admit I was not happy changing locations 3 times attempting to escape the smoke. I “think” I might have complained about the circumstance a bit more than I should have. […]
There is this wonderful passage in Micah 6 where the prophet desires to understand what is required to be accepted into the presence of the almighty God. God responds in verse 8, “He has told you, Oh man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you but to DO JUSTICE, to LOVE […]
Remember that old Rolling Stones song…”I Can’t Get No Satisfaction”? Recently, I was reading that familiar passage in (Philippians 4:11 – 13) remembering that God has provided us with many things to enjoy, but too often our lives are filled with turmoil instead of contentment. Do you ever wrestle with a lack of contentment my […]
Last week we were chatting about how Christ-followers can best respond to the tragedies that surround us when we don’t honestly know what God is up to. We shared that our first response must always be to trust in God (Proverbs 3:5). In essence, we trust in what He has told us about Himself in His […]
As Independence Day approaches this year, we have many reasons to be thankful, but there’s also cause for concern as we observe the tragedies that have happened in our country this past year. When we hear of school shootings, terror attacks, and bombings that take innocent lives, political rancor, or natural disasters aside, we may […]
I just returned from an annual trip to Northern Nevada where my son and I connect with other guys around the Word and an appreciation of the 2nd amendment . We congregate in a huge canyon in the Black Rock Dessert next to a reliable spring. It is a very remote, and at times an unpredictable […]
There is has been so many stories of late about individuals taking their own lives. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported very recently that suicide rates increased 25 percent nationally from 1999 to 2016. They rose in nearly every state. In 2016, there were more than than twice as many suicides as homicides. […]
Have you ever had to really “hang on”? You were compelled through circumstance and just knew you could not let go…the consequences of letting go would be devastating. King David was such a man and we read in (Psalms 37: 5 – 7) that in order for us to find Delight in Him, and to […]
I hope and pray that this will be a blessed and joyful Memorial Day for you and yours! On June 21, 2006, in the Nuristan Province of Afghanistan, Staff Sergeant Jared Monti’s sixteen-man patrol came under fire. One of his men was wounded and fell over a ridge into what the soldiers described as as […]
