Advice, Encouragement, and/or Manipulation?
Recently I have been contemplating the concept between encouragement and manipulation when giving advice. I have been advising students...
New Beginnings – Attitude of Expectation and Positive Speech!
It is January, the start of the new year when everyone speaks about new resolutions and changes they want to make. On New Year’s Eve and...
Happiness
The holiday season starting with Thanksgiving and running through Christmas and New Year’s Day tend to be described as happy times. What...
Creative Focus Devotional and Journal
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them (Genesis 1:27.” God Himself is...
Breathe – “In him we live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28)”
Last Sunday my pastor said something in his sermon that caught my attention: “when we breathe deeply, it has been proven that we are...
We are a New Creation - Just like a Butterfly!
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come (2 Cor 5:17)! As I was...
What is a Disciple?
We are all called to be disciples of Jesus (Matt 28:16-20). So what is a disciple? Talmid (Talmidim pl.) is the Hebrew word for disciple....
Response to "Hope in the Humanless Economy" - CT (July/August 2017)
The article “Hope in the Humanless Economy” by Kevin Brown and Steven McMullen in Christianity Today (CT July/August 2017 magazine issue)...
Community in the Storm
This has been an intense time in the US with the race issues and several natural disasters impacting many Americans. What is happening...
Reflection on Experiencing God by Blackaby & King
One Bible study that made a big difference in my life occurred when I was in High School. I attended the Bible Study walking through the...
