"Give us today our daily bread." (Matt 6:11 NIV)One cold day, in a little town in South Africa, ten men cried out to Jesus about their needs. Each person called out about a specific need that he had at that point in time. The Lord heard each person's cry and set out...
“Then some children were brought to Him so that He might lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, ‘Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.’”...
"For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you." (Isaiah 41:13 NIV) As I answered my ringing telephone, I heard a distressed sob as my daughter pleaded, “Can you come up to the house to help me,...
"In Him we live and move and have our being." (Acts 17:28a ESV)Recently, I saw a photograph in which a koala bear clung for dear life to a branch high above the ground. His eyes were squinted tightly shut as if to block out an approaching disaster. The caption read,...
"Be always humble, gentle, and patient. Show your love by being tolerant with one another." (Ephesians 4:2 NIV)On Monday I told the story of how God guided me back into the classroom, by taking us out of the Arizona desert "oven", and placing us into the "freezer" of...
I couldn’t have been more than ten or eleven years old. It was a hot, Summer afternoon and I decided to cool off by taking a swim in the river that ran down the hill from our home. The water was cold and my dog jumped in to splash around with me. After a while I...
By the gate of SingaporeI look at the skyAnd watch the dance of thunderAnd I wonder aloud–Have I seen heaven lose control before?The wet paintings on the wallsBeckon to me with all their mightSo I move closer, gliding on my feetBut the closer I move,The farther their...