I was at a retreat center recently on a cold, windy drizzly day. I had a raincoat, boots and a sweater but even with all that, I still didn’t want to wander outside too much. The dark colors, broken limbs, dead leaves, gray sky and harsh wind all reminded me of the seeming death in winter. Yet, in reality, things are just sleeping in the winter and spring will come. Green will emerge, grass will grow, the sun will warm …
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As a young boy, Frank loved milk. For breakfast he had milk and cereal. At lunch he always drank milk with his sandwich and his mom made him hot chocolate …
At the entrance to Wal-Mart and other stores this time of year, you’ll hear the familiar Salvation Army bell ringing on behalf of the voiceless…for those in need. Perhaps you’ll …
Recently, a group of us from the Atlanta suburbs went downtown to volunteer with an inner city ministry called Atlanta Dream Center. After an hour or so putting together …
From 1991 – 1993 scientists embarked on a bold mission to replicate the world’s biological systems in an enclosed facility called Biosphere II. The Arizona-based experiment included a crew that …
If you are like me, you probably have days when you get so wrapped up in life’s rapid-fire events that you leave God out. Everyday events, conflicts, fears, interpersonal clashes, decisions and trials …
I visited a prison recently as part of my job. As I walked along a sidewalk near some repair work being done, I was struck by the sight of several …
Pride was the great sin that started in motion a sad state for Adam and Eve and the entire human race. Humility and dependance on God is the opposite of pride. Pride …
Is it true that God is really with us…all the time?…even when things seem out of control, disorganized, and life’s purpose seems hollow? Is God still there when people hurt …
If you struggle with depression, guilt, loneliness, shame, sin, emptiness, sorrow….or if you sense that there are corners of your heart that are not aligned to the Maker….lift this prayer to God above. …
The wind that God blows our way can be a special song that stirs our soul or it can be an event that strikes a chord in us or it …