Monthly Archives: April 2011

Love understands. Part of loving someone is to attempt to understand them. If someone who is opposed to Christianity for whatever reason determines that you are seeking to understand them for no other reason than to know them better, they … Continue reading →

There are circles of people today where, believe it or not, the most effective means to sharing your faith in Christ is by way of explaining why you are not a Christian. Today’s thoughts will shed some light on that. … Continue reading →

One of our faithful readers is a guy with a fascinating ministry in Chicago. His mission field revolves around an open mic bar downtown that holds regular poetry readings and as such has developed its own poetic culture of thinkers … Continue reading →

We should be helping to make it easy for people to come to know the Lord. We are signposts pointing the way. By being accessible. Our lives are an open book. Paul says we are letters “known and read by … Continue reading →

My wife is my foremost critic when it comes to my writing and I am aware of a little dance I play with this. If I don’t want to have her look over something I’ve written it usually an indication … Continue reading →

“As he [Jesus] went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ ‘Neither…’” said Jesus. (John 9:1-3) We are always trying to play … Continue reading →

A frigid storm is descending on southern California with temperatures not to exceed 55 degrees today. Now to some of you that is no big deal, but in southern California, 55 degrees is like 21 degrees anywhere else. Rain threatens … Continue reading →

Love Him in the morning when you see the sun a-rising Love Him in the evening ‘cause He took you through the day And in the in-between-time when you feel the pressure coming Remember that He loves you and He … Continue reading →

[Lyrics from “Open Your Heart” by John Fischer on the album, “Still Life.”] This is decision time. Fish or cut bait. Come down off the fence. This is the seventh game of the World Series; someone’s going to win and … Continue reading →

Things like this are going on all the time. God is not only speaking through his creation, he is creating through it. Still creating. He’s whispering in the waves, growling in the thunder, singing in the trees, rustling in the … Continue reading →