25 years ago, this weekend the world held its collective breath, do you remember WHY? Never before had the skies over America been emptied of all airplanes, but it happened on 9/11 as air traffic grounded every airplane in fear there were other terrorists. “Ground Zero”, as they named the burning pile of rubble […]
I’m sure I don’t need to draw your attention to the significance of today’s date. Just the words “9/11” very likely recall horrific images in your memories and stir up deep emotions in your heart… at least if you are older than age 20 or so. Saying that causes my heart to skip a […]
Have you ever been in a frightening situation and heard someone cry out: ‘RUN! As fast as you can RUN away from here!’ If so, did you run? Here’s a really important question: ‘Have you ever sensed the Holy Spirit of God telling you to run’? Has God warned you to get out of […]
I wonder where in life you feel the most pressure? Is it pressure to succeed and achieve better results than the people you feel you are competing with in life, whether that’s schooling or job or sibling rivalry or even athletics or your hobbies? Is it pressure to fit in with the crowd […]
In almost every endeavor in life there are limitations, boundaries, for our own safety and survival, right? You and I have both pressed against those boundaries in our life journeys, haven’t we? Hopefully we learned important life lessons in those times. Yet in every generation there have been those people willing to push […]
That question is quite often a deep reflection point for clergy and people in church work also, did you know that? Let’s spend some time with the apostle Paul today as he wrestled with that question as he was writing to the Christians in the big business city of Corinth, Greece in the first century. […]
As the Holy Spirit often does, in our ‘Walking with Jesus’ chronological journey through the Bible, we’ve come to a perfect Scripture for this weekend. It’s the 9th chapter of Paul’s first letter written to the Christians in the wild, busy, business city of Corinth, Greece in the middle of the first century. […]
School is now back in session for almost all students of all ages, in most parts of the world. So here’s an important question: WHY school? WHY does every society in the world place a high value on educating their children? Why do many societies urge ALL their citizens to keep learning, at […]
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where conflicting priorities or values in your life caused you to feel you were in a ‘no win’ situation? If so, what did you do to resolve the conflict in your soul? In our study of 1 Corinthians 7 today let’s look at what Paul wrote to some Christians […]
Perhaps because my father is Ninety-nine years old and we love talking about his memories of many decades ago, I am fascinated by the differences between the generations alive today. What do I mean? My father’s generation often remained loyally employed by the same employer for 20 or 30 years, or more. Today, […]
