7 Things I’m Thankful For: 1. JESUS: He changed my life 23 years ago in a smelly roach-infested juvenile detention center, and I’ve never been the same since. There have been many mountains and valleys, blessings and bleeding, victories and losses along the way, yet this God of wonders never ceases to AMAZE me. Thank…
Anybody who has read Wild at Heart or is familiar with John Eldredge has probably heard him contrast the likeness of Jesus to Mother Teresa and William Wallace of the film Braveheart: Now – is Jesus more like Mother Teresa or William Wallace? The answer is… it depends. If you’re a leper, an outcast, a…
The Dallas Cowboys were 1-7 going into Sunday’s matchup against arguably the best team in the NFC. In their first game under new coach Jason Garrett, they played like an entirely different football team than what we have seen all year. They looked like the talented, confident, and proficient team that we expected to see…
Weekend Wrap-Up and Random Thoughts 1. Had an exciting time volunteering on Saturday for the “Play It Forward” festival benefiting Emily’s Power for a Cure, a foundation established in loving memory of 2-yr old Emily Ransom to help find a cure for childhood cancer. 2. Watched the film Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time….
Yesterday our wiener dog passed on to doggie heaven. Kujo was a ferocious man-eating pit bull trapped in the body of a “mama’s boy” dachshund and never knew how to get out. Cindy and I got him for our one-year anniversary in 1997. The photo here was taken when he was just a little pup…
Where the battle rages the loyalty of the soldier is proved; and to be steady on all the battle-field besides is mere flight and disgrace to him if he flinches at that one point.
Interesting CNN article on how American teenagers are embracing “moralistic therapeutic deism.” Translation: a watered-down faith that portrays God as a “divine therapist” whose chief goal is to boost people’s self-esteem. Kenda Creasy Dean, a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary and the author of “Almost Christian,” argues that many parents and pastors are unwittingly passing…
“To him who believes all things are possible.” Mark 9:23 Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu felt called to ministry as a young girl and went through ministerial training in Ireland and India. When she graduated from her training her heart was “on fire” with a burning passion to serve God and love people. One day she approached…
I love the spirit of victory that emanates from Romans 8:28-37… It implies that we don’t have to settle for merely becoming survivors in the trek of life. With God’s power and goodness at work in our lives, we truly can become “more than conquerors” in every aspect of our lives. Here are some principles…
“Just the very act of letting go of money, or some other treasure, does something within us. It destroys the demon ‘greed’.” – Richard Foster Nothing speaks more loudly in a person’s life than generosity. When it comes from the heart, true generosity permeates every area of our lives, overflowing in obvious manifestations of benevolence…