in Discipleship, Walking With God
Sharp Keys
I have often wondered about the exchange between Jesus and Simon Peter in Matthew 16. You know those verses that tell how Jesus recognized Simon as being blessed to receive a revelation from God? Then...
Steve Bacon
in Discipleship, Walking With God
Blessed, Broken, Given
I love a campfire. Perhaps it’s the crackling and popping sounds or the smell of burning cedar. Maybe it’s the way the immediate area is filled with an amber glow casting shadows into the surrounding...
in Encouragement, Priorities, Walking With God
Surpassing Your Vertical Limit
The vertical limit is a term that describes the highest altitude the human body can survive which most agree is 18,000 feet above sea level. It is the point where normal, life sustaining functions such...
in Obedience, Priorities, Walking With God
The Good, The Bad and The Ungodly
The setting of Acts chapter 8 brings us to events that followed the martyrdom of Stephen and the spread of persecution throughout Jerusalem. It was time for at least one of the disciples of...
in Priorities, Walking With God
Dying for Lack of One Smile
In September of 2000, Kevin Hines was sitting on a crowded bus visibly distraught and wondering if even one person would notice him and ask if he was okay. No one did. He arrived at...
in Priorities
Free-Falling
Is there really a time or season for “everything under the sun,” as the writer of Ecclesiastes 3:1 proclaims? If I say amen, does that give me permission to embrace a time of anxiety for...
in Encouragement, Inspiration
What Are You Doing Here?
My wife and I were out to dinner and being waited on by an attractive young adult woman. After taking our order, she turned her attention to the table alongside ours. As she turned and...