When I was a kid, like a lot of boys my age, I got a bb gun for Christmas. I had a lot of fun with it; and though I came close a time or two, thankfully, I didn’t shoot my eye out. But I must confess, I did something with that bb gun that I’m not proud of; I don’t know what I was thinking… maybe I was bored, or curious, or just plain stupid, but one day I was wondering what might happen if I shot a bb at our neighbor’s bathroom window. Our neighbors were in Florida for the

Do you ever feel like your life is spinning out of control? Do you ever think “there are not enough hours in the day?” Do you find yourself eating a lot of fast food, or constantly driving in the fast lane, or perpetually pressing the boundaries of the speed limit? Sometimes, it seems like we are obsessed with going fast or faster. We are always in a hurry; so much in fact, it has become a kind of sickness… hurry sickness. We are all concerned about getting COVID, but I w

Why do you pray? If you, or someone you loved were diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, you would pray. If your marriage was near collapse, you would pray. If you saw a serious accident on the highway, you would pray. If you were headed into a final exam without studying much, you would pray! Desperate people pray. Why? Because intuitively, we know that prayer matters! But should we only pray when we are desperate? Jesus modeled a life committed to prayer. When He was gr

Are you ready to experience joy in the new year ahead? The truth is, God created us to be filled with joy. He doesn’t want us to be unhappy, depressed or sad. He wants us to rejoice in life! In fact, joy is a command in the Bible. Paul writes: 4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Philippians 4:4 Joy is not an option; it is an expectation! Jesus lived a joy-filled life and He taught about how we too can be filled with joy. There is a being who