Imagine what life would be like without grief? At first you might think it would be wonderful. No fears, no sadness, no pain. But the reality is, all that would still exist… you just wouldn’t know how to express it. You couldn’t share the value [...]
I remember getting the phone call from my friend early that Saturday morning. I was shocked to hear that our friend had died in a car accident late the night before. But I had just seen her right before she got in the car and [...]
Jesus used the mustard seed as a symbol of something tiny. Did you know that the mustard seed is so small that it takes around 500 of them to make a single gram?! (In western terms, 18,000 in an ounce.) It’s a very small [...]
“Peace in the storm” is the name of the painting. The story goes like this: There was a king who commissioned artists to paint a portrait of peace. His goal was to understand exactly what peace looked like. There were many different works of [...]
Every spring farmers in my area wage a war against rocks. They walk their fields collecting the stones that have risen to the surface during the winter. Pebbles, stones, and rocks—some larger than your head—magically appear year after year. The surprising thing is that [...]
This is the final installment of our four-part series on the idea that teamwork is like a good recipe in the kitchen—with the right mix of ingredients, combined properly, the results can be delightful! Whether you find yourself a part of an elder board, ministry [...]
In this four part series, we’re comparing teamwork to a good recipe—individual ingredients may be bland or bitter, but combined in the right way the result is mouthwatering! The teams we are a part of can be found in many areas of our lives. We [...]
Teamwork is like a good recipe in the kitchen. Combine the right amount of flour, cinnamon, eggs, sugar, bananas, and a bit of pudding, and you have for yourself a marvelous banana bread. By themselves the ingredients are rather boring, but when combined properly the [...]
My wife’s banana bread is one of my absolute favorites. While it is only a few simple ingredients, mixed together and cooked properly this recipe delivers a mouthwatering loaf of delicious and unforgettable banana bread. Teams and teamwork remind me of baking. By itself a [...]
Have you ever had a season of disappointment, unmet expectations, or weary drought? Perhaps you’ve toiled hard on a project but things haven’t gone your way? I’m sure Peter and the other disciples felt like that in John 21. The scene was the sea [...]
