“But I have this against you, that you have left your first love.” (Revelation 2:4) Complacency in life is something we all have to guard against. It’s so easy to get in a comfort zone and lose sight of your true mission and calling in life. When reading this verse in Revelation, you see that […]
Managing the Slippery Slope of Pride
My athletic days are long behind me but, at one time, I was fairly active in many different sports. I often played tennis—and was fairly good. I could hold my own in a game of basketball and loved playing baseball. One sport that wasn’t so kind to me was snow skiing. Of course, growing up […]
Darkness Doesn’t Mean Absence From God
I learned the hard way as a teenager that I didn’t like small, closed places. I don’t know if I am officially claustrophobic, but I will definitely stick to wide open spaces when given the choice. I was thinking about a youth trip I took with my Church when I was a young high-schooler. Our […]
Presents or Presence
I can understand why the Holidays are sometimes depressing for many folks. We start weeks before Christmas buying our gifts for friends, family, and loved ones. Everywhere we go, we hear Christmas music on the radio and in the malls. We see the excitement (and sometimes fear) in children’s faces when they have that all […]
