Life Applications

“If God gave me everything I deserve, I’d have nothing left but bruises.” Two words in this quote make me really uncomfortable. “Deserve” and “Bruises.” …

Several months back, I wrote an article about how “more” is not always a good thing. As human beings, our natural tendency is to think …

“As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is gone, …

So you really do wish you could sing? How sad. Because you are wishing for something that is already yours. Really. It’s part of the package—your package, that …

Reminiscent of grandma doing 50 in the fast-people-only lane, my slow-pokiness in all things spiritual has frustrated me for as long as I can remember. …

Jonah… his name means “dove” and can be translated as a term of endearment “my sweet dove”. How funny is that? Have you read the story of …

If you’ve never heard of Gary Smalley and you’re a married Christian, well, you must live under a rock in a desert in Africa. Gary …

If it’s really true that I was knit together by God’s spirit in my mother’s womb, then wow, I probably have something significant to offer …

I never read Bill Clinton’s autobiography when it came out, but I did skim the excerpts in a few different newspapers. And one sentence has stayed …

So many of my friends have this idea that if we don’t chose to love God we will be punished forever. Like we will be …