Pray. Period.

Pray. Period.

There are some things that God will not do apart from prayer.  Period. Pray, we may or is it ‘pray, period’?  May we have mulligans in prayer for pace of life or service priorities? May planning and actions trump prayer?  Or.. must we...
Systems Thinking and You

Systems Thinking and You

According to the Bible, your life is an integrated whole which includes body, mind, and spirit. God is your Life-Giver.  In theological language we are described as tricotymous. Remove any aspect of our being and we would be a different being but non-human. Remove the...
What a nearby friend deserves.  

What a nearby friend deserves.  

Who is your nearby friend?  I hope you have a few or many.  And I hope they know your loyalty, appreciation and, yes, even your dependence upon them.  The Ancient Proverbs identifies the nearby friend as one who is long-standing, perhaps...
The Spirit—life giving, life training

The Spirit—life giving, life training

Is your trust solely in Christ?  Have you accepted His forgiveness for the guilty sentence which you bear? Yes, dear friend we are all guilty of missing the mark, God’s high standard of holiness.  The penalty for missing that mark is eternal...