A few weeks ago, we talked about paying attention, so we don’t drift away. Like the warning signs that tell us of the dangers of a riptide, we need to pay attention so that it doesn’t lead to severe injury or death. The problem is that, sometimes, we get so used to seeing the warnings that we begin to ignore them. When that happens, disaster is right around the corner. That was the issue for the p...  Read More

I’m guessing that most of us don’t always recognize God at work in our everyday lives. We get caught up in the busyness and the routine. But sometimes, something happens, and there is no question that God orchestrated that event.I was recently at a music competition in Indianapolis. I had forgotten my music glasses in the car and realized I wouldn’t have time to get them until I had a short break....  Read More

As God led his people into the promised land of Canaan under Joshua’s leadership, he promised they would receive the gift of rest (Joshua 1:13). After many battles, God provided the rest he had promised. Joshua 11:23 reports, “So Joshua took the entire land, just as the Lord had directed Moses, and he gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal divisions. Then the land had rest f...  Read More

Do you like silence? I bet many of us don’t do particularly well with extended silence. We can get uncomfortable and often feel the need to fill that space.God likes when we are quiet. When we are silent. When we leave room for him to speak to us.The season of Lent is a time for us to focus on those parts of our lives that may need to be changed or omitted (like unhealthy habits). It’s a time when...  Read More

In C.S. Lewis’ work Mere Christianity, he uses a word that we don’t often use in modern English yet is often heard in Christian circles: “beget.” He says, “To beget is to become the father of, to create is to make. And the difference is this. When you beget, you beget something of the same kind as yourself. A man begets human babies, a beaver begets little beavers, and a bird begets eggs which tur...  Read More

Pay Attention What is the purpose of a level? It’s a tool filled with a liquid and an air bubble where the bubble's position reveals whether a surface is perfectly “level” or “plumb.” From carpenters to engineers to weekend warriors hanging pictures, we use them to ensure the work is straight (or level). Interestingly, although we may be off a fraction of a degree initially and not notice, we woul...  Read More