Each year for the past 3 years I’ve asked God for one word that would enable me to quickly grasp his theme for me for that year. So apropos were each of those words. As the year went on it became more and more evident what God was doing in my life and why that…
Let’s start you off by reading 1 Kings 17. I know, it’ll take a few minutes but it’s worth it. Trust me. Now; Is there any particular verse that seems to jump out at you? Why does it seem to be more significant than others? Meditate on what the Lord is highlighting to you personally. This…
I was sitting in church, not long ago, gazing at the back of the stage during our opening worship song. Contemplating a question that came to me as I was staring at the cross. What significance is there in the point where the vertical timber and horizontal timber meet? The intersection? I quickly realized that…
Above: Ruben Moreno (Center), in Panama City, Panama prepares to execute trade agreements with two US companies. Steven Adams (Right), President & CEO of ICC Global Trade, LLC and Bob Horning (Left), President of Way Tea. I’m just so blessed today to write a short excerpt from a recent experience I had in Panama City,…
I sat down recently to read three different devotional books that I’ve been dipping in and out of for a couple years now. Jesus Calling by Sarah Young, Knowing the Heart of God by John Eldredge, and Every Day in His Presence by Charles Stanley. I highly recommend all of them if you haven’t sampled…
It’s that time of the year when those of us who cherish the game of golf start thinking about how to get out there regularly and what we need to do to improve our game. We just watched the Masters and only wish we were that good. Here’s a little something to think about in…
Above: Barnabas – Son of Encouragement Unconditional Love. It’s all about establishing trust. When our only daughter (only child for that matter) headed off to college it became painfully obvious that my wife and me were about to experience a “loss” in our life that we only understood on paper, not in reality. After 19…
When you think about the unique nature of every human being we all possess the ability to think, create, change, learn, understand and be understood. Sort of a created geography, a confluence of inherited flows, and a conglomerate of all our past and present experiences. Then there’s the DNA that exists in us from generations…