After recent surgery, I spent a week in a hospital room doing the recovery thing. Due to the site of my surgical procedure (the stomach), I was placed on a step-by-step diet plan. First came the clear liquids diet that I was on for several days. It featured jello, broths, and juices. Then came the... read more »

Everyone has had the dreaded experience of losing something. Cell phones, keys, wallets, and money are all prime examples. The existence of Lost & Found departments in shopping malls tells me that people losing things is a common experience. Things are lost. Things are found. We’re mighty glad... read more »

2 Corinthians 5:14-17: Either way, Christ’s love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life. He died for everyone so that those who receive His new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who... read more »

One of the perks of global travel is moving out of your comfort zone—running into things and people you’d never expect to encounter. I took a trip down the Venezuelan Amazon once, discovering that piranhas are real and that monkey stew isn’t a legend. Moses was living in Midian, so he was a... read more »

In his booklet What the Bible Says—and Doesn’t Say— about Homosexuality, Mel White makes the following claim: “The Bible is a book about God, about God’s love for the world and the people of the world. It is the history of God’s love at work rescuing, renewing, empowering humankind. It... read more »

Proverbs 25:2: It is God’s privilege to conceal things and the king’s privilege to discover them. In Isaiah 55, God told Isaiah to prophecy to His people; He wanted them to know that their ways were not His ways, and neither were their thoughts His thoughts. He went on to tell His rebellious... read more »

When I observe my home garden with attention, I’m amazed to see that although many leaves or many flowers of a plant look alike and conform to a similar pattern, every leaf and every flower is unique in respect of some minute detail. Every creation of God, be it stars, people or leaves, is unique!... read more »

“Mom, turn the mirror so I can see better.” Riding behind me in the car, my son asked me to set the rearview mirror so he could see himself in it. When my adjustments did not allow him a full view of himself, he asked me to try again. After several attempts, I explained that the mirror was... read more »

I’ve been interviewing the homeless for a future book idea and met Greg about a month ago. Thinking of my new homeless friend who spent so much time in prison in the past, I pondered . . . we look so different from one another and our paths in life are so different from each other’s,... read more »

 1) WHO AM I? (IDENTITY) Declaring that I am a child of the living God, who is saved by His grace, sanctified, satisfied, Holy Spirit filled, more than a conqueror in Jesus Christ the Anointed One, a winner, special, and originally designed, one who is blessed, highly favored and... read more »