Every day we face the choice of either being pleasant or of blowing up. Let's face it: stress is on the rise, and with stress comes internal steam, a time bomb in the making, that can explode at any time.I vividly remember the day when we tried to buy train tickets to...
Last time we discovered that Jesus referred to 3 kinds of leaven: The real yeast that raises bread without any help, Herod's yeast and the yeast of the Pharisees. Today's focus will be on Herod's yeast.But first, just who was Herod? There is but one mention of the...
"I warned you when you were prosperous, but you replied, 'Don't bother me.' You have been that way since childhood-you simply will not obey me!" Jeremiah 22:21 NLT Our challenge seemed simple but proved more difficult than we imagined.The final day of school is always...
Following my father's death earlier this year, family and friends found themselves reflecting on his life. My own memories were stirred when I took a walk through my parents' former farm on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada. For about twenty years, this property had...
James 4:2b – You do not have, because you do not ask God. (NIV)Shortly after I became a Christian, I read that addicts in a rehab centre were each handed a brown paper "God Bag", with a prayer pasted on the outside. This bag was intended for the person to write out a...
"Give orders that for the next thirty days anyone who prays to anyone, divine or human-except to Your Majesty-will be thrown to the lions." Daniel 6:7 NLTLife should be fair but rarely is.The unfairness of life is prevalent. Thousands of human beings are snuffed out...
"But many of the older priests, Levites, and other leaders who had seen the first Temple wept aloud when they saw the new Temple's foundation. The others, however, were shouting for joy." Ezra 3:12 NLT A new normal had arrived-and with it, a state of anxiety.I'm a...