Have you ever walked into a setting that suddenly unleashed a floodgate of memories? An 8 hour drive behind us…8 more to conquer. We had reached our midway point in route to my niece’s wedding in a small midwest town. Tonight’s lodging – the modest Bozeman Western Inn. Maybe it was the young dad, entering […]
If you have followed world news over the past couple of weeks, you have probably experienced a measure of grief, disbelief, anger, fear or depression over some of the events that have taken place in the U.S: the fatal shooting of The Voice star, Christina Grimmy, followed, the next day, by the senseless mass shooting
Would life ever be the same? Her 15 year old heart shattered. How could the one her heart loved sit one row in front of her with his arm around another girl? Little did she know that God’s greatest gift was standing on the platform, less than 100 feet away. She had no idea that
I entered the back of the auditorium. The band played a familiar song, but the vastness of God’s grace, captured within the lyrics, gripped my heart in a brand new way. It’s there on the wedding day There in the weeping by the grave site There in the very breath we breathe Your great grace
Trees have offered boundless hiding spots and shelter since the beginning of time. They have served as a fortress to playful children, lovers, and convicts alike. Jesus addresses the misuse of their timber in Matthew 7 when He asks us, “ Why do you see the splinter that is in your brother’s or sister’s eye, but
Psalm 77:19 ~ Your road led through the sea, your pathway through the mighty waters—a pathway no one knew was there! According to the prophet Isaiah, God taps the desert sand of our soul and streams spring forth (Isaiah 35:6). He carves roadways of escape into the oceans of impossibility that stand before us. Both
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5 NLT Once. Only once! In my early twenties. I experienced the adventure of riding, what the famous 1892 song coined, “A Bicycle Built for
(If you missed Part 1 – “Where’s the Fruit”, it can be found on my April 5th blog post) 8 “Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come. 10 This is why we work so hard and continue to struggle, for our
This blog is Part 1 of a 3 part series on the Pursuit of a Fruitful Life My home is an excellent barometer of my soul: I can generally judge the health of my life-pace by the condition of my house. A quick tour through my home this past week offered a shocking collection of
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. Isaiah 9:2 (NIV) Do certain dates mark a time in which God shined a bright light into your deep darkness? Today is such a day for me. It’s this day, 28 years ago