Most of us will make some sort of resolution for 2009.  I hope many of us will spend more time reading the Bible in 2009.  I desire every year to be more and more a student of the Word of God.  This is our Creator’s only book.  Following are more than 50 tips for reading [...]

My family will be spending our first Winter in the Pacific Northwest.  People have been reminding us to enjoy the Summer because the long rainy season will be coming.  Sometimes 30 days can go by in a row without seeing the sun.
I was struck this week by the beautiful Fall transition.  I have lived in [...]

Excerpt taken from William Wilberforce’s book Real Christianity (p. 126).  Wilberforce wrote this in the late 1700’s while a part of British Parliament and experiencing severe health problems.  Wilberforce was instrumental in stopping the brutal slave trade throughout the British Empire.
In moments of clarity, we are reminded that Jesus possessed little, yet He never [...]

There was nothing special about the morning I first met Ethan. My wife and I, as is the case most mornings, were rudely awaken by our heartless alarm clock. After snoozing a couple times we finally prodded each other…