This past Saturday my family and I headed over to the small non-denominational church in our town where my two oldest boys ran in the Nicavangelists’ “Freedom Run 5K.” The first runner to make his way to the finish line was a twenty-something-year-old man from our church. He had a…
Category: Tuesday Talks
Does Your Walk with God Ever Make You Feel Like a Fake?
Does changing who you are make you a fake? Coming to his hometown, he began teaching the people in their synagogue, and they were amazed. “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?” they asked. “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary, and aren’t…
Finding the Positives Within the Negatives
How many times do we focus on the negatives of a situation? I’m extremely guilty of this myself, more than I care to think. What happens when we focus on those negatives? Many times our entire experience is ruined. We can’t enjoy the night, the day, whatever it may be.…
Pruning Your Relationship Tree Can Lead to a Healthier Walk with God
Is it okay to let someone go? In some cases, it’s actually a must. There may be a time when you have to say goodbye to someone for one reason or another. You’ll need to prune the branches of your relationship tree, cutting out those who are not right for…
What Can We Learn from Those Who Came Before?
Last week, while attending my son’s middle school jazz concert, I found myself out in the foyer due to back problems. Thankfully, my son’s choir was the first in the program which allowed me to watch him sing before I had to head to the back. Once I exited the…
How Do You Praise God When You Feel Like You’re Drowning?
For today’s post, I decided to share a post from an old blog of mine. This post was written in 2013, but it kind of reflects how I’m feeling at this moment. Following God’s path isn’t always the easiest thing to do. In fact, it can be pretty difficult. We…
Fruit of the Spirit: Choosing Self-Control
The first time I read Paul’s letter to Titus, I was struck with the message he wrote about older and younger women in chapter 2. He told Titus, “teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but…
Fruit of the Spirit: Choosing Gentleness
What can you learn from a 14-year-old boy whose 9th grade English teacher assigns a two-minute speech about social issues? When my son received an assignment where he had to choose a social issue and present it to the class along with a resolution, he knew exactly what he wanted…
Fruit of the Spirit: Choosing Faithfulness
It’s week #7 of the Fruit of the Spirit series. Last week, as I was thinking about the story of Stephen in Acts chapters 6-7, the thought, “Stephen is a great example of faithfulness,” came to my mind. How perfect that “faithfulness” was the topic of my next blog post.…
Fruit of the Spirit: Choosing Goodness
What is goodness? How do we define it, and how do we walk it out? There are many definitions for the word ‘good,’ and many ways that we use the word in everyday speech. “That was a good movie.” “Do you know of any good restaurants?” “Tommy was being very…