"He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul." (Ps 23:2-3a NIV)We had just arrived in Lugano, a town in Southern Switzerland. Italian is the language of choice in this part of Switzerland, and with its incredibly warm...
I am taking you to my quiet place, a place where no one has ever been but me.It is so special and a beautiful place where I go when things just become too much. So get ready we are going on a trip. I have kept this place to myself, but at times we need to share with...
Where is true peace to be found? Archbishop Desmond Tutu might say it can be found in the African concept of "ubuntu."He says, "Ubuntu is a concept that we have in our Bantu languages at home. Ubuntu is the essence of being a person. It means that we are people...
Isaiah 43:1b-2a – Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. (NIV)"Tell me what your escape routes were," Rev....
“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.” (Rom 5:1-2 NIV)Peace in a...
John 14:27 – Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. (NKJV)What comforting words those are, especially in these troubled times. About four years ago, my dear...
One man sat at a stop light. The woman in front of him was going through papers on the seat of her car, and when the light changed to green she didn't go. A green light is not a suggestion, you know, it is more of a commandment. But she didn't notice.When the light...
