Merriam-Webster's dictionary defines encouragement this way:  the act of encouraging: the state of being encouraged. I think this describes the Church perfectly! We are a body of believers who are to ...  Read More

My baby has a fresh diaper, clean clothes, just finished a full session of nursing, and yet he is still crying. “You literally have nothing to worry about! We’ve taken care of everything. You are warm...  Read More

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Romans 13:1Well, the day is finally here. A day m...  Read More

Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering and come into his courts. Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness; tremble before him, all the earth.Psalm 96:8-9We were created ...  Read More

And he said to all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. Luke 9:23There is a common phrase that many people say, and it goes something like t...  Read More

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. Philippians 3:20This past week was homecoming at the school where I teach. The week was filled with school spiri...  Read More

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.John 14:27I have a confession to make. I am a worri...  Read More

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for on...  Read More

I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.  Psalm 9:1-2There are tim...  Read More

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” – Psalm 46:10It was a regular Tuesday morning, I drove to work, had a meeting to plan for the w...  Read More

So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. Hebrews 4:9-10Yesterday was Labor Day. Do you know w...  Read More

I play a fair amount of Scrabble. It’s a game played against one or more opponents, where you receive tiles at “random” and then make words to score points. To score high in Scrabble it helps to have ...  Read More