God’s Universal Language

This week Rowena and I are roughing it on Waikiki beach. This is our first trip to Hawaii and one of the reasons I have been looking forward to this trip is that I have always sensed that there is a certain majesty about a star filled sky, the mountains and the ocean....

Prayer

ACTS is an acrostic I use almost every day when I pray to God. A is for Adoration. I spend a few minutes adoring God and praising Him for who He is and what He does. C is for confession. I think back over the last day or so and try to recall any sin that I have...

The Advent Conspiracy

As Told by Mother Teresa One night a man came to our house and told me, "There is a family with eight children. They have not eaten for days." I took some food with me and went. When I finally came to that family, I saw the faces of those little children...

Humility

  Cornelia "Corrie" ten Boom was a Dutch Christian, who with her father and other family members helped many Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during World War II. Her family was arrested due to an informant in 1944, and her father died 10 days later at...

Champion of the Underdog

Who doesn’t like a story about an underdog who comes out on top? How about these: The Tortoise and the Hare, The Little Engine that Could, Rocky, The Karate Kid, Forrest Gump, Rudy, Brave Heart. Watch this short video about an underdog named Jason McElwain, an...

Worship as a Sacrifice

When you think of worship, what comes to your mind? Is it singing choruses at church or at camp? Is it something you do during Morning Watch (devotions)? I Googled the word “worship” and went to the site that was listed second. On the home page was the following...