We all want to feel better and generally we want to feel better fast!  However, sometimes the need to walk through the process is as important as the end result or goal.  It’s like that with learning to Dance with the Trinity.  It is a process.  The word of God verifies this process in many [...]

Four-year-olds, these guys are absolutely fabulous!  They have survived the toddler stage and lost most of their baby traits.  These little folks are beginning to come into their own as individuals.  It is around this age that their individual personalities begin to obviously shine.  When they are excited about something and long to share their [...]

 ”Be still and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10)             These economic times of high unemployment levels, rising gas prices and home foreclosures bring tremendous stress to many.  For some, things are so bad they have given up.  It is not uncommon to find people that have lost hope because of their long-term unemployment.  [...]

The history of Valentine’s Day, and the story of its patron saint, is shrouded in mystery.  We do know that February has long been celebrated as a month of romance, and that St. Valentine’s Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition.  But who was Saint Valentine, and [...]

I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by name (Isa 45:3). – Can you recall a time in your life when you were deeply hurt? – Are there people in your past [...]

We need each other.  If for no other reason, we need each other to share in life.  We don’t often admit that or act like we have this deep desire but its there all the same. Jack Johnson has a song that is really popular these days called, “Better Together.”  Regardless of genre, this song [...]

My wife and I have started a wonderful book by John Piper titled, “don’t waste your life.”  The premise of the book is actually very simple.  Unless you decide that what you want to do more than anything else is to “give God glory” through a life that is centered on Him through obedience you [...]

The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, who exercises the power of the Father and the Son in Creation and redemption.  Because the Holy Spirit is the power by which believers come to Christ and see with new eyes of faith, He is closer to us than we are to ourselves.  The [...]

Most of us have spent our lives running from God and His passionate, ferocious love.  However, God is so perfectly consistent and so madly in love with us that He not only bears our rejection He continues to pursue us with passion.  God is driven by His perfect jealousy.  You see God IS the ultimate [...]

Pride is the main tool in Satan’s vast arsenal.  Pride is the exact opposite of being “poor in spirit.”  The consequences of living pridefully are vast.  A prideful person develops a critical spirit.  A person filled with pride becomes judgmental.  A prideful person can even become indifferent towards others.  As the attitude of indifference develops, [...]