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  • Keep Your Tires Inflated! Part 1 of 2

    Keep Your Tires Inflated! Part 1 of 2 Have you ever participated in an Awana Grand Prix? It’s a pinewood derby-style racing event where children (and some adults) carve creative race cars out of a block of wood to exacting weight… Continue reading

    Keep Your Tires Inflated! Part 1 of 2
  • Grace Over Grievance

    Grace Over Grievance Has anyone ever said something that grated your nerves?  Of course, you’re nodding your head. “Yes!”  Let me re-phrase the question: how recently did someone say something that made you want to retaliate with a snide or angry reply,… Continue reading

    Grace Over Grievance
  • Live On Purpose

    Live On Purpose Is there such a thing as destiny? Do you and I have a specific, predetermined role to fill that will find us? It sounds inspiring. Lately, I’ve heard the idea repeated in movies and social media, for… Continue reading

    Live On Purpose
  • Focus On Jesus

    Focus On Jesus On a bitterly cold night, burlap bags forced over our heads, stripped of our gear down to our underwear, guards wielding AK-47’s and screaming at us, we marched into a prisoner of war camp. Suddenly, we stopped.… Continue reading

    Focus On Jesus
  • Pray to Understand

    Pray to Understand The Book of Proverbs in the Bible is attributed to Solomon, but who was he and why is his wisdom memorable?  Solomon was the son of the great King David who had conquered Israel’s enemies and ruled… Continue reading

    Pray to Understand
  • What Happens In Vegas…

    What Happens In Vegas… …Now happens on your smartphone!  If you watch sports, almost every commercial entices you to use your smartphone to gamble. There’s even the promise of “free money” when you place your first bet. Not surprisingly, the… Continue reading

    What Happens In Vegas…
  • The Power of Proverbs

    The Power of Proverbs After eating a meal in an American Chinese restaurant, what do most people look forward to? “Ding, ding, ding!” if you said, “A fortune cookie!” A simple Google search confirms, “Served complimentary with the check, this… Continue reading

    The Power of Proverbs
  • For The Anxious Heart

    For The Anxious Heart On a Boeing 747 flight over the Atlantic Ocean a few years back, the big plane hit an even bigger air pocket and suddenly we felt like we were plunging from the sky! The elderly lady… Continue reading

    For The Anxious Heart
  • Make Friends: Be Pleasant!

    Make Friends: Be Pleasant! Most of us want to be liked, yet when relationships are difficult, we often look for techniques, advice columns, podcasts, or the latest self-help wisdom. It’s great to learn practical skills—but Christian, have you ever searched… Continue reading

    Make Friends: Be Pleasant!
  • Let God’s Joy Be Your Strength

    Let God’s Joy Be Your Strength Have you ever been so tired you cried out, “Lord, give me strength!” Me too. Sometimes weariness becomes additional stress.  We’re not the only ones in history who’ve been exhausted. Can we learn from… Continue reading

    Let God’s Joy Be Your Strength