Jesus’ words in John chapter three are not easy to hear. They speak to the tumultuous time to which He first came, but they also speak to our own days of deep division and a… Read More »Light In The Darkness

Swimming upstream can’t be very fun for a fish.  It requires much more effort and determination than to simply go with the flow and be carried along by the current. Salmon swim upstream each year,… Read More »As For Me

God doesn’t just drop the hammer.  He is patient with us, not wanting anyone to perish but all to come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9).  He is slow to anger and abounding in love (Exodus… Read More »A Watching World

Imagine living in a time when there was deep political division, the possibility of harmful action by corrupted authorities that should have been serving the people they governed, and violence filling the streets of major… Read More »I Shall Rise

At a time when God’s people were crippled by discouragement and were ready to give up on what God had called them to do, God gave the prophet Zechariah a series of mind-blowing visions to… Read More »The Riders of Heaven

I talked with a friend the other day and asked how he was doing.  He said simply, “Surviving.”  With all the the virus news and cancel culture including social unrest and political gamesmanship in front… Read More »Thrive vs. Survive

Have you ever had somone try to pull one over on you—to use fine sounding words to flatter, to confuse, or to redirect your focus onto something else?  Maybe you’ve seen this in business, politics,… Read More »Mean What You Say

We give ourselves too much credit sometimes.  We might get the idea that we can run the world just fine without God.  Some might make faithful expression in public schools punishable.  Some push for ways… Read More »God Isn’t Going Anywhere

When things in culture seem to get a little sideways and bad news is all around, we need to make sure that what we speak to those around us is Godly truth.  Offering something less… Read More »Speak Truth Into Culture

Hosea addressed the failures and corruption of culture in his day with words that could easily be spoken to our own.  In chapter 4 God presented a quarrel with His people in legal terms as… Read More »A Reason We Suffer