One of my most important life-experiences came as I was helping Jean, a woman who attended our weekly feeding program. Our local city had issued a notice that she was to clean up her property or they would haul off all her possessions. What was...
September 2015 I believe the life that God offers us is to walk in the same way that His Son, Jesus, walked—and to walk that way in our world today with its unique challenges. Each challenge is an opportunity to discover the God-solution and grow in...
My brother-in-law Pat is one of those amazing individuals who exemplifies the “COURAGE TO CARE.” Several years ago he was fighting a fire in downtown Detroit, a city that is infamous for the fires set in its scores of abandoned buildings. What did Pat do? He...
If you find yourself lost in clarity of purpose, there is always a way back. Even the prodigal son found himself after he ate with the pigs. You can't get much lower than enjoying some corn on the cob with a hog on the other...
The boundaries are limitless for our prayer life! If you have a concern or a problem, you have been given a free invitation to pray about everything. As children we badger our parents with every kind of question imaginable. We learn that we have open...
We are designed to fly. All our internal signals are like a cockpit of a plane equipped to give us lift in life and a sense of soaring over circumstances. All we need to do then is release the weights that hold us. Start with...
PEACE is not resignation – but RESILIENCY. Psychological resilience is defined as an individual's ability to properly adapt to stress and adversity. A scattered mind is, like the bible says, a wave tossed about by the wind of the sea (James 1:6). Where does life find...
I’d like to share a story with you about a man from the Congo who was only one step away from a very tragic decision in his life. However, in just a matter of moments his world was changed instantly. How? He heard words. Simple words...