“You can do everything you want to do.” You actually can’t, and trying to live that way means you’ll do nothing well or never be satisfied with what you can do. Realistically you can probably only do 3-5 things well. Pursuing too many things is like trying to juggle too

The power of normal is a powerful force in any environment. What we perceive to be normal shapes what we wear, the way we talk, the way we arrange our day, the moral and ethical choices we make, our attitudes, and our expectations of life. In 1970’s America, people wore

If being judgmental is a human condition then, according to Christianity, Jesus is the antidote. When we are judgmental we are evaluating others against our own values, ideals, words, and actions and finding them wanting by comparison. Whether our analysis is accurate or not it makes us feel better about

I used to think that being judgmental was the sole territory of narrow-minded, self-righteous, religious people. You know the ones I’m talking about. The people that you feel like you can’t be yourself around or be honest with for fear of getting that condescending look or that biting comment. When

Found written on the wall of a Nazi concentration camp: I believe in the sun, even when it isn’t shining, I believe in love, even when I feel it not, I believe in God, even when He is silent. (Found by me in the best devotion book ever – Celtic

I met guy the other day who I thought had a very depressing job, a similar job to one I have had before, so I thought I knew from experience how depressing it was. The strange thing was though, that the more time I spent with this man the more

Jesus once said, “I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or

Several people have asked for a copy of the blessing I give on Sunday mornings at the end of the services in which I preach, so here it is. I hope it is a blessing to you. Someday I might be courageous enough to tell you why I wrote it.

I remember when I was a kid trying to walk across this balance beam. It was about four feet off the ground. I fell off every time. The crazy thing was that there was this other balance beam that was the same width as the four foot one on the

If you have ever flown on a commercial airline before you have heard this line. Before the plain takes off one of the flight attendants explains the emergency procedures. She or he explains that in the event that the plain looses cabin pressure, oxygen masks will drop down from the