Have you ever met individuals who have this overflowing joy, inner strength and peace that seems inexplicable? Time and again I come across individuals who are suffering from a chronic illness, going through a heart wrenching loss, or even told they have months to live, yet they seem to…
Read moreDo we have seeing eyes and hearing ears? Those two things are the doors to our understanding and our hearts. When Jesus speaks to us do we hear Him? When He works in our lives do we see Him? “That same day Jesus went out of the house…
Read moreI’m knee deep in pictures of my daughter as I sift thru boxes of images that capture her life over the past 17 years. As she embarks the next chapter of her life, after graduating from high school, it has propelled me to think about my own life, my own…
Read moreNot long after our church’s Easter breakfast finished, sounds of the worship music filtered down from the sanctuary as everyone settled into their seats. Well, not everyone. Liz and I were still in the kitchen with the last of the cleanup detail. There was that one last pan, the one…
Read moreJesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” She said to him, “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the…
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