In his excellent book, Character Counts, Os Guinness shares the following seven principles from the life of William Wilberforce that illuminate what it means to live a life of significance today. The ...  Read More

I have been reflecting, out of necessity, on what it means to be a patient person. My ability to be patient is directly correlated with the level of hope and trust that I can place in the God who hear...  Read More

Zacchaeus's story (Luke19:1-10) is a story that most of us have known and grown up with since we were kids. We've read the story, sung the song, and thought that we knew everything that there was to k...  Read More

Little is known or shared about Lamech and his legacy that none of us would want. Lamech was the great, great, great-grandson of Cain, and had two wives and at least a couple of sons of his own.Lamech...  Read More

One of our primary and most essential tasks in any kind of decision or dilemma is to define reality (Haggai 1:5-6). While this is hard enough to do in life, many of us find it even harder to apply in ...  Read More

Recently I spoke on and compared our relationship with Jesus as a growth continuum, similar to the process of climbing a step ladder. The premise is that all of us, no matter where we are in our relat...  Read More

Humble Influence As we read through the gospels of Jesus, there is no doubt that Jesus calls us to be people who give ourselves to make significant and eternal differences in the world. We are to infl...  Read More

One of the things that I love to do is to connect people together. There are few things I enjoy more. I actually remember the first time I connected two people together and how good I felt about it. I...  Read More

Proverbs, chapter 4, provides excellent insight to the young and emerging as well as the old and experienced! While it offers practical steps to avoid potential pitfalls, Solomon gets to the core of a...  Read More

As I was reading through the Old Testament the other day, there has was a word that I have noticed several times that has grabbed my attention. Often, as I am pouring through scripture, when this happ...  Read More

Each circumstance and situation that we find ourselves in affects our heart - Sometimes in a physical sense, often on an emotional level, and always in the arena of our spiritual lives. Jesus cares pa...  Read More