It’s January 25th…Now What?

It’s January 25th…Now What?

Well, it’s January 25th and you have already broken most, if not all, of your New Year’s resolutions. From losing weight to managing stress better to getting out of debt and managing money more effectively, many have failed. How does that make you feel? Defeated, yes!...
A Life of Repentance

A Life of Repentance

Repent vb : to turn from sin and dedicate oneself to the amendment of one’s life              A growing Christian’s life should be characterized by a pattern of repentance.   We may intellectually agree with this statement, but it is no small a thing to...
Clearing Out and Looking Ahead

Clearing Out and Looking Ahead

There is a reason that the first month of the New Year is dubbed, “get organized month”. January is a time for clearing out, taking stock of things, and making plans. This is true both for physical realities like old sweaters and refrigerators, and also for...
How Firm a Foundation

How Firm a Foundation

When you stop and look around at the world and certainly this past year, it can be discouraging.  The morals in our culture are not slowly eroding, they are rapidly evaporating.  Violence, hatred, abuse, sexual exploitation, alienation: there is no peace on earth.  It...
Looking Back, Looking Forward

Looking Back, Looking Forward

For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope. — Romans 15:4 There is a magnificent intersection of holidays every year in...