New Year Means Hope Reborn ~ 2014

                                          The Joy of a New Beginning Don’t we all long for a fresh start? Don’t we all wish we could wipe the slate clean? Don’t we tell ourselves that if I can just get another chance I won’t make the same stupid mistakes? I’ll do...

Against All Odds

You Can Be Right And The Majority Wrong. Ahh!It feels so good. I’m just beginning to get into the mood. Christmas is over, and 2014 is just beginning to get into a trot. Like every other new year this one is also full of possibilities and promises, resolutions, and...

Vow WoW

Time Will Tell Are vows are like pie-crusts, meant to be broken? I don’t think so. I have made a vow for the New Year and it is the 700 year old prayer prayed by Richard of Chichester, and it goes like this: “O Lord that I might Love you more dearly, Know you more...

Your Expiration Date

Taking a L-o-o-o-n-g Look at Life.  “What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.” James 4:14 James who wrote the above words was the half-brother of Christ. He was also the pastor of church in Jerusalem and we know him today as...

You Don’t Find Christmas Under a Tree

Don’t Let The Grinchs Steal You Christmas I’m sure you’ve heard about the Grinch. It’s one of my favorite Christmas stories. I make it a point to watch it each year. It makes me laugh and always reminds me what Christians is really all about. I...