Living My Faith
I believe in Jesus as my Savior! So, now what? Learn more about how you’re completely changed through the work of Jesus and what that means for your everyday life.
Giving to God
Two things determine a gift’s value to you: what it is and who gave it. It needs to either be a genuinely nice gift…
Nine leper syndrome
Those ingrates! Isn’t that how we’re supposed to feel about the nine lepers who didn’t say thank you? Isn’t that why Jesus asked this…
My negativity
Here are some things that drive me crazy: people who are always criticizing other people, people who are always finding fault with every event,…
Free lunch tomorrow
On one occasion I saw a clever sign that a restaurant had posted in its window. It read: Free Lunch Tomorrow. There was a…
I don’t need a god
“I don’t need your god to be happy, and I don’t want your cult putting its rules on my life.” That angry shout is…
Dishonest scales
When I step on the bathroom scale, I generally don’t like the readout. I’ve tried pulling myself up a little with the towel bar…
3 words that will change your Valentine’s Day (especially if you’re single)
In my almost 40 years on the earth, I’ve experienced the four emotions of Valentine’s Day—loneliness, euphoria, pressure, and apathy. From puberty through my…
Is following God like eating boiled brussels sprouts?
My mother is a good cook, so I enjoyed almost everything she made when I was a kid. But every once in a while…
Let God’s love be your default
Sometimes my computer gets so messed up that it freezes and doesn’t do what it should. Do you know how to fix that? Shut…
Who’s going to heaven?
A pastor was called on to see a man dying of a terrible disease. The man had Christian training in his youth but had…
What’s your action plan?
Death made headlines again. Immediately after the news of Kobe Bryant’s helicopter crash spread, the posts on social media were begging us to hug…
Undeserved thankfulness
Genuine thankfulness is the byproduct of a heart that is properly aligned with God. When your thankfulness begins to slip, that’s the first warning…