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We start again—a brand new year, Unspoiled and fresh, and full of cheer. So full of promise, hope, and zeal Untouched by failure, and we feel On fire to go where we’ve not been! We make our goals, and start again. +++ Amazing how a simple change Of date stirs us to...

Do we need blessed assurance or wise warnings? Trick question, or maybe a trick answer...because the answer is “Yes!” It is not an “either/or” but a “both/and.” I was very blessed to study under a world-renowned expert on Asia Minor and the ancient city of Ephesus...

Writer Ava Pennington once observed, “God’s name is as mighty today as it was the day He revealed it to Moses. The economy may falter, natural disasters may cut swaths of destruction across the earth, and relationships may crumble, but we know and trust in the name of...

Wired magazine had a cover with the word “Brilliant” next to a light bulb. When you turned to the article it said in big letters: “Let there be LED” (sounds almost biblical, doesn’t it?). The race was on to come up with great LED bulbs and one of the developers...

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his...

Do you ever feel like God is taking the long way around in trying to lead you in life? Some people struggle with making sense of life with its many winding, bumpy roads which twist and turn every which way (and never seem to smooth out for very long). Enter Joseph in...

Hearing or reading the phrase, “This is the way” immediately transports many people to a galaxy far, far away. It is the catchphrase of Din Djarin, aka “Mando,” the main character in Disney’s show The Mandalorian. Set in the Star Wars family of lore, the show tells...

High performance coach and bestselling author Brendon Burchard grew up in Montana, with a healthy respect for the mountains and the woods. He now says that “In Montana, we have this saying, ‘The time to have the map is before you enter the woods.’”  I think that is...

People like to be known for their expertise. When people say you are an expert in some area they are basically saying, “Of all the people who do this in the world, you are one of the best at doing it” or “You are highly qualified to speak to this issue and we want to...

In his excellent book Addiction and Grace, Gerald May reports common sentiments he has heard across the years of his work with people addicted to alcohol and narcotics. In one part of a hospital he would hear those struggling against addiction to alcohol say with...