How Vigilant Are You with the Company You Keep?

There comes a point in time for every one of us where we need to make the painful choice to separate ourselves from hurtful people….
Quiet Time in a Garbage Dump

I dropped the kids off at school in the nick of time, as usual. Looking at the clock, I realized I had a hour-and-a-half to…
When The Path Leads Through Pain

“My back is covered with cuts, as if a farmer had plowed long furrows” – (Psalm 129:3 NLT) “Be kind. Everyone you meet is carrying…
Why We Dream Big

In the Christian life, there is a tenuous balance between confident faith and foolish promises. At times we are called to live with expectant hope…
The Value of Being with God Before Doing His Work

Have you ever noticed that we all have a tendency to fixate on what skills someone has? Think about it. If you are skilled at…
Bridging the Generational Gap in Our Churches

In a movement that is about 50 years old like ours, it’s one of the pressing issues of our day: How do we keep the…
The Paradox of Spiritual Sleepiness

There is something within us that knows we need sleep (I rub my red eyes and yawn as I write this), but we seem to…
Angels Landing

“Let’s go on a hike,” my husband said. “It’ll be fun,” he said. I was all-in, but I had no idea what I was really…
Embracing Obscurity

Can you name the twelve Apostles? Go ahead, give it a try! No, Mark and Luke don’t count. Certainly, you named Peter, James and John,…
Ten Things Every Calvary Kid Knows

I grew up as a Calvary kid. My first memories are losing my first tooth in the Tape Lending Library, rolling under the pews in…