Sometimes, even when things are going well, we get a little weary. Like when you want that quick dip in the pool. Our spiritual pool is God.

I am a fill-in-the-blanker. I'm the one who has to every blank completed at the end of the sermon. I love trying to guess what that first...

Dear Joseph, It's Christmas time, which means the Christmas story. We focus on Mary, baby Jesus, the shepherds, angels and even the wise...

The hard stuff can be encouraging. In fact, the hard stuff can be more encouraging then the happy stuff. That may sound crazy to you, but...

You can spend two or three hours in prayer every day right? Yeah, me neither. We’re all busy. But there should never be a time when we...

My daughter looked at me with a surprised and confused expression. “What do you mean you don’t really care about golf?” We were having a...

Have you ever felt insignificant? That "I'm just not anything special" feeling? If not, trust me, I have felt it enough for both of us....

Hey y'all! I've got something special for you :) I'm participating in a month-long blog series on marriage. Here are a few of the...

Everyone wants to be a redwood or a sequoia. Me? I used to want that too. But now I just want to be a seed. I can see the confused look...

I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily; he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon” Hosea 14:5 ESV I love the...

I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind. ~ Ecclesiastes 1:14 (NIV)...

“Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.” Psalm 143:8 (NIV) GPS never steers you wrong. Right? Wrong! My GPS had me...

Warm apple pie is comfort food for me. In a pinch I'll take a snack size pound cake. I can't tell you what about those treats brings me...

“He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken” Psalm 62:2 (NIV) The whole place was vibrating. My...