I like the musical group, Abba (probably showing my age with that comment). One of their songs is entitled, “Money, Money, Money.” And that chorus has been rolling through my mind this last week or so. In case it’s not at the tip of you memory, it...

Recently, I have been teaching a series on leadership insights that can be gained from the book of Nehemiah. And right in the middle of the exciting part (the rebuilding of the wall), Nehemiah faces a boatload of criticism. The complainers were...

Currently, the most popular course at Yale University is called PSYC 157: Psychology and the Good Life and it teaches students how to be happy. It is a response to the fact that we live in a world filled with overwhelmed, stressed, anxious and...

Randy Alcorn’s Eternal Perspective Ministries recently published an article chronicling an Iranian woman’s journey of faith. It was entitled, “I Couldn’t Call God Father.” I think it is worth sharing part of her story with you this week. “In Islam...

I read an illustration recently about the very nature of God. Not sure I can substantiate its veracity, but sure makes for a cool thought. It seems that a 4-year old named Shea had a baby brother born. She started begging her parents to spend some...

A few days ago was Mother’s Day and appropriately most of us heard a Bible lesson that day on the incredible value of our mothers. There is no doubt that God had a special role for them to play in all our lives. But I got to thinking about the...

For the last few weeks, I have been teaching through the most beloved Psalm of all time, Psalm 23.  That song ends with the statement that “Surely GOODNESS and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord...

On the second Monday of October, we celebrate Columbus Day. Everyone can recite the ditty: “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” But did you know that he actually made four separate trips to the new world and never stepped on North American...

What should we do when we fall prey to some self-induced pressure and stress? I asked myself that question recently and was drawn to that well known passage in Matthew 11: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest....

In church last Sunday, we started our worship time with a song that was new to me. It was Matt Redman’s “Gracefully Broken.” The entire song is incredibly powerful, but the chorus has been reverberating through my mind and heart for days. It says:...

It’s tax time and as part of that process I gather all my giving statements and review my donations to my favorite Christian organizations. It’s a time to reflect on my involvement and the level of my gifts. That reflection is just one way to help...

I just finished teaching a six-week series in Bible study on the topic of having margins in our lives. I worked my way through Richard Swenson’s book, Margins. The later part of that study had a great deal to do with resources and finances. And...