So many pings, so little time. This could be the mantra of our wired world. At every turn we have some form of media viing for our attention. Because at every turn there is electronic opportunity; to tweet, to post a pic on Facebook, to reply to an email, to check our reader or share our location. These can be positive activities. They can connect us with those we...

Even when anxiety and worry consume my mind and threaten my peace, God’s tender mercies fail not. There are so many times we may feel consumed; with demands for our time, expectations, jobs, media, even church. We may feel consumed by the weight and responsibility of caring for our children…or our parents. Lately, I’ve been feeling consumed by some...

Often we think we are leading when actually we are really managing. This is true in the work world (or church or ministry world) but it’s also true in our personal worlds. I may think I am leading the way-in my relationship with God, with others, in my personal habits, in my household…when in reality I am merely managing. When (like Martha) I am concerned...

“I will be to you what the sun is to the flower, what the water of the ocean is to the fish, what the sky is to the birds. I will give you life, light, and strength. I will surround you and preserve you, so that in my you may love, move, and have your being, existing in me when apart from Me you would die. I will be to you as the wide-open skies, in that I...

What does it mean to be faithful? I work in an organization where people have served 10…15…20…even 28 years! We have a reputation for becoming “lifers” here. This got me to thinking, will I be one? The answer is, IF God calls me to stay.  I pray I won’t stay simply out of convenience or in the name of faithfulness. It would be scary to leave, but I want...