Mistakes are embarrassing anytime, but when the whole world is watching?

From his boat Peter sees Jesus walking on water amidst a harsh wind and large waves.
"Lord, if it's you, command me to come to you."
Jesus said, "Come!"
And Peter...

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Will you marry me?
Please say I do!

Everything comes at a cost. This lesson cost me a good bit of money. But it is nothing compared to the price that's been paid on my behalf.

To what shall we compare the kingdom of heaven?

To see ourselves requires a mirror, something that reflects our image back to us. Many mirrors are made of glass, but some of the best mirrors are not...

It is important to know what you believe. That is why we study, talk about, listen to, and chew over God's word. We grow as we learn more and more about God's character and our relationship to him. And that's good. But that's not where it ends.

In today’s church we have a couple of approaches when it comes to proclaiming the gospel. One approach invites people into the four walls of our building, the other sends us out of the four walls of our building to people. Come and See, Go and Tell. Both are necessary, but is there an order? You have heard the saying “You’ve got the cart before the horse”? Which is the cart and which is the horse?

When I was in the hospital giving birth to Michael I was bouncing around on the bed a lot. My doctor asked me, What are you doing? I said, I am trying to get comfortable. He responded, with the wisdom of Solomon, You won't be comfortable until it is over. That truth applies to a lot more than childbirth...

Have you ever been hurt? It is usually the people closest to us that hurt us.

Is it ever easy to ask someone's forgiveness? Is it ever easy to say, I was wrong, I am sorry, please forgive me?

Robert Frost took the road less traveled, and it made all the difference. But what about when the choice is not between two roads, but moving forward where there is no path at all?

From the highest of heights to the depths of the sea
Creation's revealing Your majesty
From the colors of fall to the fragrance of spring
Every creature unique in the song that it sings
All exclaiming

Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.
You are amazing God
All powerful, untameable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God

Chris Tomlin

I like children's music and videos and stories. I learn a lot from them. Sometimes the most profound truth can be explained with two scoops and some breakfast cereal.

Every word I believed in
till I felt it in my own heart
in the deepest part
the healing came -Sara Groves

In the information age, how much do we really need to know?

If life is a teeter totter with “doing” on one side and “being” on the other; how’s your balance?

Allstate Insurance Company's motto used to be "You're in good hands." Belonging to God we are in even better hands than that, but is it just for insurance?

As you rush through your daily schedule, what are you looking at?

"Over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother's house we go. The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh in the white and drifting snow."

I wish I knew as much as that horse. I have no idea where I am headed.

A neighborly Halloween