Today Matters
I hope you have a great year in 2011! But if you are actually going to have a truly great year in 2011, it will be because you have a lot of good individual days in 2011. I know that might sound…
Chris Jackson
Strengthening Faith, Love, and Hope
Chris Jackson
Strengthening Faith, Love, and Hope
Category Simplicity
Eyes that see
“Blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.” That’s what Jesus said to His disciples in Matthew 13:16, and I hope that’s what He would say to you and me as we enter a New…
A blank page
You should see her. Her blue eyes twinkle, her lips part in a mischievous smile, and she turns her body slightly so I can’t quite see what she’s drawing. She’s cleared the table and given herself plenty of room to…
Love’s guarantee
Before his death, Jessica’s grandfather was known to frequently say, “Whatever is not conceived and carried out in love will surely fail.” Aren’t those profound words? It reminds me of when the Proverb writer said to his son, “Let love…
Death by comparison (for church leaders)
Image via Wikipedia Comparison is deadly…and yet we probably all do it. It’s human nature to compare and compete, and even when we’re in our super-holy, I’m-only-serving-for-the-glory-of-God mode, we still fall prey to this tendency. And that’s so foolish…