Conscience: Not Just an Internal Alarm
Warning signs are all around us. Most of the time we notice and obey them without thinking, unless of course, they prevent us from doing...
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Rx: Dark Chocolate and the Bible
I knew the birthday party was for a very old friend of Margaret's, but I didn't know the words "old friend" wouldn't adequately describe...
The Temptation Snowball Effect
Have you ever experienced the "temptation snowball effect"? Come on! Sure you have. Remember how it's all downhill. It's when you don't...
Leave Your Ego at God's Throne
I volunteer as a fire chaplain at a local volunteer fire company. On one of the training walls in the bay where they park the fire...
Lent: A Time for Giving Up or Giving
Lent is a time we set aside each year to remember how God showed his love for us by sending his his Son, Jesus Christ, to the Cross for...
The Psalms to the Lord's Prayer
If you read the Psalms, you'll quickly discover the book is full of laments about the state of the world at that time and our human...
The Centurion Who Was "Spot On"
Centurions appear often in the Bible. In Luke, a centurion asks Christ to heal his slave. In Acts, we read about Cornelius, the first...
Do Your Actions Match Your Good Intentions?
I was taught at an early age not to bargain with God. But how many times have you and I made promises to God, saying we will do this or...
Viewing Life from Your Death Bed
As a hospice chaplain, I often have the privilege of being at the bedside of patients with just days, hours, or even minutes to live....
What's in Your Spiritual Quiver?
Scripture is clear. As God-fearing believers, as Christians, we do battle every day in the spiritual realm, "for our struggle is not...
When I Met a Soaking Wet Angel
Going out on a sales call up North, close to Erie, PA, I followed my usual route along a winding two-lane road that weaved in and out of...
How to Learn from, but Not Live in Your Past
Looking back is a double-edged sword. We run the risk of living in the past, neglecting the present and the future. The one edge is sharp...
Making Sure You Care, Share, and Spare
As Christians, as any right-thinking person should do, we should find ways to care for others, sharing our resources of time, talents,...
The Many Faces of Humility and a Humble Lifestyle
In his best-selling book, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? Pastor Rick Warren suggests “humility is not putting...
What Kind of Clay Are You?
What kind of clay are you? A: You are soft and capable of being molded. B: You are clay marred with imperfections. C: You are hard,...
"Doing Even Greater Things" in God's Eyes Not Yours
In the Gospel of John, the apostle describes what Jesus told his followers, and us, about what we can look forward to by believing in...
Running From God? Need a Jonah Attitude Adjustment?
Do you run from God? Do you head in the opposite direction when God talks to you and needs you? Do you need a Jonah attitude adjustment?...
How to Enjoy Spiritual Communion Every Day
Regardless of your Christian denomination, it's a special treat for your soul and spirit when you spend time with Jesus in spiritual...
How to Manage Change to Avoid Disaster
The concept of change is simple to comprehend. Things become different than they were before. We get older every second as our physical...
Do You Go About Raining on Others' Parade?
How many times have you crawled out of bed, only to see it's a rainy day, gloomy and overcast? Probably hundreds? It's hard to resist the...
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