Part of Something Great

Part of Something Great Potential. We all have have it.  We each have God-given talents, abilities, skills, and gifts.  Using these talents and abilities can transform life from meaninglessness to meaningful.  We can experience a life filled with purpose.  Potential can be exciting and motivating.  It can also be a source of great frustration.  It [...]

Storms

God’s Purposes in Life’s Storms A traveler was visiting a logging area in the Pacific Northwest and was interested in seeing how the logs that would be used for furniture were chosen. As the logs came down the stream, the logger would suddenly reach out and hook one, pull it up, and then set it [...]

A Heaven Without God

As I sat in the coffeehouse yesterday I heard one customer ask another the following question. “If you got to Heaven and God wasn’t there, how disappointed would you be?” Wow. What a question! Such penetrating questions as this sure have a way of helping us examine our relationship with God, and what we really [...]

Problems

Problems. We all have them. They make our life more, well, interesting. Don’t you wish you could just take a vacation from your problems? While that may work for a little while, sooner or later you will have to face them…

Meeting The Challenge: Moving Beyond Reluctance

This Sunday my wife, Cathy, will be out of town.  She is the worship leader at our church.  Our other worship leader who has filled in for Cathy in the past is also gone.  This means that yours truly has the honor of leading the singing this week.  Oh, boy.  I’m coming out of 5 [...]

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