If you have spent any time in a desert you know it is a dry, parched, lifeless looking place. The heat is often intense and the landscape has a look of desperation as it clings to any nourishment or shade. Nobody wants to spend [...]
Anxiousness, worry, stress—these are things we are not supposed to have, right? Because… There are more than 365 verses in the Bible that say, “fear not.” (Maybe one for every day of the year?) Studies show that 80 percent of what we worry about [...]
Life is a series of changes and transitions. We move houses, change jobs, make new friends and say goodbye to old ones. We grieve what is gone and anticipate what is coming. Changes can be hard and frustrating, but they can also be life-giving [...]
As a child I remember being asked many times what I wanted to do when I grew up. What job did I want to have? I know my answers were a wide-range, from a football player to a zookeeper. It was a question prompting [...]
I have always resonated with the Bible’s various analogies of running a race. As a track athlete in high school and in university, I ran lots of races around the oval track. Many of them were grueling and exhausting. So, when the author of [...]
Researchers have come to understand that flamingos were created to balance. Their bodies in fact have been designed in such a way that when they stand on one leg they maximize their equilibrium and achieve near perfect stability. For a flamingo, balance is natural [...]
I almost ran out of gas in my car the other day. I was a matter of moments away from the engine shutting down and my car rolling to a stop. My car is old (1 year away from being considered an antique!) and [...]
“Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her” (Luke 10:41,42). There are some days in ministry and life where I feel like Martha. [...]
I was talking to my friend Rich the other day as he prepared for an unexpected work trip. Rich’s co-worker asked Rich to travel in his place so he wouldn’t miss his daughter’s high school graduation ceremony. Rich went on to explain that his [...]
I was teaching in a first grade classroom recently and I asked the students to draw animals they see at the zoo. One child drew a creative picture of a flamingo balancing in the water on one leg. Later that day I was thinking [...]
