If It’s Not Yours.. it’s Not Yours

If It’s Not Yours.. it’s Not Yours

We have some great friends back in Chicago who have influenced our lives for the better. Their godly wisdom in parenting, ministry, and marriage have encouraged and challenged us over the years. I clearly remember one teaching moment, in particular, when they were...
My new neighbors

My new neighbors

“Love your neighbor as you love yourself.” Mark 12:31 Last week I had the opportunity to spend a few hours visiting with my new neighbors. I had heard so much about them but, because of my sickness, I hadn’t been able to go sooner. They welcomed me in with big smiles...
Consider not helping God out

Consider not helping God out

Everyone needs a little help now and then, don’t they? Someone to come alongside and lend a hand, get things moving?   Yes, of course! But this urge to step in and help God out isn’t a friendly nor neighborly gesture. In fact, there’s nothing noble about it.   It’s...
Time for a detox

Time for a detox

Time for a detox! Ephesians 4:22-24 says, “ You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitudes of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be...
The tower of… Babel or me?

The tower of… Babel or me?

“What a Nimrod!” I blurted out right after the blue Peugeot cut me off in the round about. Wait…what? It just slipped out of my mouth.  Now, I haven’t said that word since I was in middle school. Nimrod was the codename for idiot and you could even get away with...