Courtney Carver says — If you don’t want to be rundown, don’t run your self down. Christ Jesus says — …well, better yet, open Luke 10:27, And look at what’s after “…and love…” which is the second part. We usually cite only the first part. Now notice the second part of the second part.. the…

“The hardest lesson I have had to learn as an adult is the relentless need to keep going, no matter how broken I feel inside.” — Ernest Hemingway I know I can sign my name to that. You, too? Be strong and do not give up. — 2nd Chronicles 15:7. And it’s easy to start…

Hebrews 13:5 is the favorite of a lay person who leads Bible Studies and is in fact quite the Bible Scholar — Keep your lives free from the love of money  and be content with what you have,  because God has said, “Never will I leave you;    never will I forsake you.”[

A SECOND LOOK AT A BONUS BLOG FROM 02.18.25 With his graciously expressed permission, I share what friend and colleague Monty Weatherall wrote earlier today —– The church has become a laughing stock, a place to be mocked. A once-pillar in our community has been reduced to fodder for social media posts, vlogs, and a way for many…

Be a lover of silence. Silence like the sunlight will illuminate you in God and will deliver you from the phantoms of ignorance. Silence will unite you to God himself. In the beginning we have to force ourselves to be silent. But then there is born something that draws us to silence. May God give…

“Change your thoughts and you change your world,” according to Norman Vincent Peale in a Kay Macintire gift. What in your world needs changing? What thoughts will you change to get there?

Christ died for us while we were still sinners, and by this God showed how much he loves us. — Romans 5:8, the Easy to Read version

With gratitude to Tammy Renée —- Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.   —- Mother Theresa How are you doing with all the small things?

Thank you, Allen Miller — “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” — Joshua 1:9

III. Keep The Balance When I was 23, I knew a guy who committed suicide.  We attended an 8-week course together.  On week 6, we all noticed that our classmate “Bob” was missing, and asked where he was. Instructor says, “Bob committed suicide last night.  Let me say this, if I may.  I like to think of life…