As we enter the Lenten season and the march toward Easter, I’ve been reflecting on Christ’s prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane. I was thinking about that prayer in the context of the challenges we’ve …
A Little Perspective
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. -James 1:17 I know at times we all get …
A Greater Glimpse of Leadership
I was reading in the New York Times that there has been a 35 percent drop in coronavirus cases recently in the U.S. The article reports that, in response, leaders in other parts of the country are now …
Why I Choose to Stay at Grace
Most of the time, I write blogs based upon some particular topic the Lord has given me for that week, or something that’s happening in the world around us. Mark Batteson once called writing, “praying …
A Time to Mourn
After multiple years of annual Bible read-throughs, in this new year the Lord has led me to slow down, focusing and meditating on short passages of Scripture. Over the past couple of weeks, I have …
God’s Plan, Not Mine
I was thinking of my oldest daughter the other day, and how she has become a confident follower of Jesus, making her way in the working world. But, it wasn’t always this way. I remember vividly when …