I remember, one summer, taking a family vacation through the state of Ohio. As a child, one of best parts of road trips was finding the...

I can vividly remember walking up the stairs from my bedroom to the kitchen only to see my mother preparing it. There were only three...

Have you ever tried to solve a problem in math or science with the wrong formula? I remember plugging the wrong chemical formula for an...

“A young couple visited a boarding care home which housed children for adoption. The caretaker brought out all the children who were...

“And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine. . .” Isaiah 5:2 Growing up in Texas the...

Have you ever found yourself in a place or circumstance that seems less than ideal, yet you know that God has told you to be there? You...

Acts 7:58-8:4…and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul…and Saul was consenting (giving...

A friend of mine was recently going through a very difficult trial. I wanted to write him a note of spiritual encouragement, and the...

To know, or not to know…that is the question. Have you ever been reading through scripture when you stumble across something that just...

“Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.” – Romans 1:22 How does a person get to the point that they become wise in their...

In Deuteronomy chapters 7-9, Moses is reminding the children of Israel of all the Lord has done for them as He led them in the wilderness...

Have you ever stumbled upon a bird’s nest full of baby birds? I have, and most of the time I stumbled upon the nest because I heard the...

The constant fading second line warned me of our fate. The excitement of this hopeful journey started to slip into a gradual ache. I was...

For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel. I was thinking...

I’ve always loved the words to the song, “Mary, Did You Know?” I love how the questions emphasize the wonder that Mary must have felt...

There is a special bond shared between siblings that cannot be matched or replaced by any other relationship. They are the people that...

Have you ever stopped and asked yourself the question, “What motivates me to do what I do?” What motivates me to strive for good grades,...

Exodus 13:17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land . . ., although...

I don’t like spiders. Not even a little bit. As a child, the majority of my nightmares would somehow involve spiders. My relationship...

No matter what stage of life we are in, we all idolize someone. The individual you idolize could be a sports figure, another otherwise...

I love watching our mother hen as she takes care of her brood of chicks. Wherever she goes they follow. When she changes her clucking...

Have you ever been there? Scared or terrified of a situation or problem right in front of you. I faced a similar situation when I was...

I want to take you to a familiar passage in Exodus today. A story so familiar, that even children could recite the details of its...

I can still remember it as if it were yesterday, my first time at college all alone. I was a freshman in orientation along with all the...