Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message. Malcolm Muggeridge When God speaks Sometimes when you sense a special moment you gotta stop and get out of the car! Driving home one late afternoon I saw a huge gathering of…
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and…
We forgot to take a padlock to Paris! TripAdvisor never said a word about it. Ditto Rick Steves. Same for Fodor’s France. I don’t know when this became a thing, but the bridges in Paris are slowly being overtaken by padlocks. The newest symbol of a couple’s enduring love. Seeing all that gleaming…
Ever gone to make a call and found your cell battery has died? It’s happened to me several times. Murphy’s Law dictates that I never have a charger cord with me when I absolutely need it most. That never happens to us as believers. The Holy Spirit is always there, the paraclete, the Comforter…
It’s OK to admit you have limitations? We are all just human. You’ve heard that a 1000 times. You’ve said it yourself. But I’ll bet you’ve gone on day after day without telling God that you’re at your wits end with the kids, or you simply can’t get everything around the house done on…
What do you do, how do you react when your strength isn’t equal to the task? Driving through a village in Ghana I saw this little girl trying to lift this large plastic container. It’s too heavy for her. She’s too weak to get it up on her head and follow her Mom. But…
You have two options in life: March to the beat of your own drum or NOT. For a country obsessed with ‘selfies’ we are a people terrified of being ourselves. What if my friends don’t like my hair, my shoes, my furniture? Easy, get new friends. We’re constantly fluctuating between finding ourselves and…
This morning we are on our way for 9 weeks of ministry in Ghana. We’re asking that God make it fruitful. We can’t wait to see our friends there. I feel like I know a little of what Paul felt when he was away from the believers he had shared so much with. We miss…