Tag Archives: prayer

For all of you who’ve thought about God being all-powerful and then wondered how on earth your not-all-powerful prayers could help Him, fear not, I …

I’ll never forget my education in the matters of God’s divine appointments. It happened in my first year as a pastor. I was heading to …

When Rudy, our firstborn, started college, I knew it was apron-string-cutting time, even though he still lived at home. But it wasn’t easy to do, …

Our big God can do big things. I know this because I have experienced it in my own life. When I was 19 years old, …

“I’m cynical,” I said as I sat across from my best friend at a small French restaurant that had been the talk of the very …

Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina is 500,000 acres. That’s a lot of land for two eight-year-olds to get lost in. It was our first …

On October 18, 2016, I was sailing on a cargo ship, the MV Baltic Sea, to Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Early in the …

The date was July 8, 2014. A reverse 911 call came through with tornado warnings. A tornado? I’ve seen results of tornadoes in the news, but …

Our world seems as though it has come to a halt. So much of our everyday-ness has been redefined to a “new normal.” Who would …

Dear God: Thank you for waking me to a new day of hope and grace. You say there is no need to worry, yet life …