Talking seems to be an active trait in me. I talk to women in the scrap-booking department at Hobby Lobby, and suddenly I feel that I’ve known them forever. I talk to my children, who are states away, on the phone. I chatter to my friends about everyday stuff. I gab with my husband on [...]

All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us relaize what is wrong in our lives. It straightens us out and teaches us to do what is right. It is God’s way of preparing us in every way, fully equipped for every good thing God [...]

In today’s society, the word “fast” may more closely resemble the velocity at which one can wolf down their Egg McMuffin on their morning commute rather than its true meaning of “a period of refraining from eating.”  Biblically speaking, a “fast” is a spiritual discipline.  It is a practice which was encouraged and exercised by Jesus Himself [...]

We are too civilized and educated to worship idols, aren’t we? We wouldn’t consider wasting our time carving a figure out of wood or stone and bowing down to it. The object would be blind, deaf, and dumb. Totally useless to help us out. Then again, we may be guilty of something too similar more [...]

I’ve been doing a lot of traveling over the last day and a half, and I brought along some CD’s I haven’t listened to in a while. One was Never Picture Perfect, by Rich Mullins. This is a gem of an album, with songs that deal with praising God in the midst of pain, in [...]