Dealers in Hope
Leaders must be dealers in hope. That is what Napoleon said (not Napoleon Dynamite, Napoleon Bonaparte, the French Emperor who nearly conquered the world). Napoleon…
Chris Jackson
Pastor Author Teacher
Chris Jackson
Pastor Author Teacher
Essays
What to do with what’s going on?
On the morning of September 11, 2001, I was en route to a monthly pastors’ prayer gathering at the World Prayer Center in Colorado Springs…
Update…and some wonderful blogs
Hi, my friends! I am still working on my 365-entry daily devotional, so I have not resumed posting any new essays here yet; however, I…
Hi, my friends! A quick update about this blog.
Hey friends, I have not posted any thoughts or essays in several weeks because I am currently turning my years of blogging into a 365-entry…
Nemesis
In Greek mythology Nemesis was the retribution goddess that brought justice and consequence against those who yielded to pride or exploitation. Her name literally meant,…
The heart needs time to heal
Your heart was not designed to be constantly beaten up without having time to recover and heal. Even if you are in a season of…
Lava Girls
When was the last time you did something for the very first time? Sometimes as we age, our lives become so structured, organized, and predictable…
How to be inspiring
Do you ever wonder if you are an inspiring person? Or what it takes to be an inspiring person? I think most of us love…
Hope floats
If you are living through a particularly difficult time, there is a steadying passage of Scripture for you in Romans 5:3-5 that reveals a potent…
Faith or doubt (or both)?
Throughout the psalms, King David often expressed seemingly contrasting sentiments of faith and doubt. Sometimes David proclaimed an unshakable assurance that God heard his prayers…