Our Heavenly Father is Listening

Our Heavenly Father is Listening

It doesn’t really matter what business you call these days; you are likely to engage with some form of a “phone answering” system. We all hate them, and if you are like me, you may occasionally resort to screaming at the phone, “customer service!” Sometimes, we...
Influencers

Influencers

If you had interviewed me when I was a High School senior and asked who the influencers were in my life, I would probably have answered, “my English teacher Mr. Martin (he was so smart, well read and cute too!), Benjamin Franklin (been an interest for a long time) and...
Basic Bible Literacy

Basic Bible Literacy

A while back, the clue on Jeopardy was “Jezebel’s husband.” None of the three contestants knew that the answer was King Ahab. About that same time, I was doing a crossword puzzle, and the clue was Samuel’s teacher. I happened to know that Eli was Samuel’s mentor. But...
Bad Day

Bad Day

One of my favorite children’s books is entitled, “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.” The hero of the book is having a very tough day, and his coping mechanism is his plan to run away to Australia. Alexander’s problems consisted of a bad hair...
Without Wax

Without Wax

This week a friend reminded me about a very cool verse in Psalm 78. It is verse 72 which says, “And David shepherded them with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led them.”  The author, Asaph (a leader and chief musician in Israel) recognized that...
You Got Gifts!

You Got Gifts!

Each believer is expected to walk (live) in such a way that their behavior and attitudes match their calling. And to help us do that, the Spirit has endowed each of us with at least one spiritual gift, all kinds of natural gifts, plenty of opportunities and a wide...