Roots Grow in Dirty Darkness

Roots Grow in Dirty Darkness

Now that spring planting time is here, I thought it a good time to write about the darkness required for roots to establish themselves. There is a parallel with the problems we think we have let go. We find them springing up again thinking a good Christian should not...
A Pure Heart

A Pure Heart

As Mother’s Day approaches, most of us are drawn to thoughts of our mothers. “Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.” Matthew 5:8 fits my own mother. T.W. Hunt’s workbook, The Mind of Christ, helped me to better understand Matthew 5:3-12...
Check the Fuel in Your Spirit

Check the Fuel in Your Spirit

“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.” — Psalm 51:10 Did you ever hear your car engine sputtering and feel the car jerking? You looked down and noted the oil gauge in your car was low. Suddenly it dawned on you that your car is...
Peace in the Storms of Life

Peace in the Storms of Life

“ Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.” John 14:27 NRSV It is easy to get our eyes on the storms in our lives, when we should be focusing on the one...
Walk Into Your Fears

Walk Into Your Fears

Deuteronomy 1:21-33 Do you struggle with fears? If so, have you ever tried to identify the root of the fears? Our Scripture passage relays how the children of Israel were told to go up and possess the land. The message from the Lord was, “Do not fear or be...

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