It Is What It Is
In 1900, the Daughters of the American Revolution elected social reformer Jane Addams to honorary membership. But Addams’s antiwar stance during World […]
Unobliged
There’s a Spanish story of a father and son who had become estranged. The son ran away, and the father set off […]
Vulnerable
The story is told of a monastery in Portugal, perched high on a 3,000 foot cliff and accessible only by a terrifying […]
Inadequate
It’s going to be 90 here today. The humidity factors in and some wind, to make it nearly impossible to feel cool. […]
Exposed
Recently I’ve been reading Nehemiah and how God orchestrated the rebuilding of Jerusalem. Last night in chapter 6, I reviewed a small […]
Unstuck
Fun fact: The actor, Marlon Brando, wandered so much on his way to kindergarten, that his sister Jocelyn eventually had to take […]
Valor
The history of war has always interested me. As a child I liked the pictures of the ships, planes, and tanks. It’s […]
Tortured
Nearly every day I try to read a story from “Jesus Freaks” a book made by Voice Of The Martyrs and DC […]
An Encounter
Do you ever have a memory so specific that it draws all of your attention to it? When it happens it seems […]
Crucified
In Galatians 6.14 the Apostle Paul is concluding his letter to the loved churches of Galatia. He said— “But God forbid that […]
Enacted
We are living in a day of self. Self-help, self-aggrandizement, self-focus, self-everything. Self has always been our culprit. It’s the surest way […]
Rather
The words of Eleanor Roosevelt are just as poignant today as they were nearly 90 years ago. She said, “One’s philosophy is […]
Persecuted
Ford Lieghton once wrote of an archeological dig in the remains of a school for imperial pages in Rome. The Archeologists found […]
Claim Blame
There is a danger in making a claim and not being able to back it up. I once watched a man show […]
Mission Doubted
The story is told of Lord Halifax, a former foreign secretary of Great Britain. Once he shared a railway compartment with two […]
Your Mission
Remember the line— “Your mission, if you chose to accept it”. We may not be Ethan Hunt or part of the IMF, […]
Fountainhead
‘Fountainhead’ is an original source of something. God has always had His fountainhead of Truth. It was to be carried by Adam […]
It’s Personal
It’s true that God wants to use you to impact the whole world. Doesn’t seem possible on the daily though, does it? […]
Wake Up
This present climate of sickness, death, vaccines, and mandates should cause us to wake up, but to what? There are wars staged […]
Cleave
What should someone do when they are exposed to the goodness of God? Some claim that God is good, with straight face […]