If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. That is decent advice for some areas of our lives; however, when it comes to our key relationships, there needs to be a caveat: if it could break, fix it before it does. Even more specifically, fix during times of peace what might…
There are two kinds of new songs: re-treads and originals. Which one is your soul singing? Psalm 149:1 exhorts us, “Sing to the Lord a new song” but what exactly does that mean? Does it mean learning the latest Hillsong or Bethel tunes, or finding a contemporary way to sing…
Thrive Through the COVID-19 Season By: Carol Montgomery, MFT I really believe that time is a gift. How we steward that gift can make it feel like a stocking full of coal or something incredibly positive and life-giving. How about using this time to attend to the other parts of…
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 rightly understood that hope is one of the most potent forces on the planet. Without it, communities collapse. With it, chains are cast aside and…
He hungered—yet He fed thousands. He thirsted—yet He exclaimed, “Whosoever thirsts, let him come to me and drink.” He was tired—yet He is the “rest” of the weary and the burdened. He pays tax—yet He uses a fish to do it. He is called a “Samaritan, demonically possessed”—but He rescues…
