"Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.” (Matthew 10:29-30, NIV) What do you think you are worth? The saint with whom we’re spending the...
On a camping vacation in the Rocky Mountains I was amazed at a certain green plant on ledges of a bare rock. There is no dirt for its roots, yet it tenaciously clings to the rock through wind and storm. A park ranger provided the answer to this plant’s mysterious...
“Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there...
A news article shared the fact that a New Jersey school district was removing the names of all holidays from the school calendar so as not to offend anyone. The decision came after a raucous debate in a public meeting about the decision to replace “Columbus Day” with...
“Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. What good will it be for someone to...
There is all the difference in the world between playing a role and being a truth. There is a popular fable that confirms this. A motherless tiger cub who was adopted by goats and raised by them to eat grass and bleat as they did. It wasn’t long before the tiger cub...
We ought to glory in our troubles, for we know that trouble produces endurance, and endurance, character, and character, hope, and hope will not disappoint us. (Romans. 5:3-5) This word of Paul, in his Letter to the Romans, is one of the amazing affirmations in the...
I’m not an avid sports fan, though I’m excited enough about the University of Memphis basketball that I have season tickets. Through the years, the U of M football has been overshadowed by our basketball. The last few years we have had “good” football with Brady...