A Life Well Lived

What you want the epitaph at your funeral to be: “He was a certifiable mensch. I am a better person for having known him.” (Note 1) This week brings news that James Van Der Beek left this realm. Sad, to be sure. But joy for James. Because death is...

Change Of Life

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2 NASB 2020 When you transform your thinking, you transform your...

Reverent Awe

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn that shines brighter and brighter until the full day. The way of the wicked is like darkness; They do not know over what they stumble. Proverbs 4:18 NASB Just as a sunrise begins with the faint glow of dawn and...

What Is The Question?

So Jesus and the Disciples sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, across the lake from Galilee. As Jesus was climbing out of the boat, a man who was possessed by demons came out to meet Him. For a long time the man had been homeless and naked, living in the tombs...

Gratitude

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 NIV When we make it a practice to thank God for His blessings of provision and protection in our life, we never lose sight of Him as our hope in all...

On Prayer

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17 NASB 2020 Prayer is the way to die to our own wishes and surrender everything to God. Pray regularly; daily, three times a day, hourly, moment by moment. Paraphrase / Scot McKnight