Frank Worthen: “To Whom Honor is Due”
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. Romans 13:7 “Hero” is an overused word. Though it’s technically...
View ArticleStaying Power
By our Heavenly Father and only because of God, only because of God. We’re like other couples. We do not get along perfectly; we do not go without arguments and, as I call them, fights, and heartache...
View ArticleWilling to Will; Believing with some Doubt
Draw me, and we will run after thee.” – Song of Songs 1:4 Today while I’m striving to keep my mind where it belongs, and my inner and outer self in line with His will, it really helps to remember...
View Article5 Things People Can Mean When They Say “I Want Help”
To flirt with rescue when one has no intention of being saved… from Stephen Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music” The first time I stepped into a counselor’s office, I was in so much pain (and so unaware...
View ArticleThe Joy of Awful
“A person overtly expresses distress, but it is covertly gratified at the prospect of the satisfaction they can wring from their misfortune.” – Dr. Eric Berne, Games People Play Even as a kid,...
View ArticleWhat the Wounded Wife Has to Say
If I knew falling in love would hurt this much I would have rather fallen into a ditch, and maybe I would be healed by now. -Evans Macharia When a man sexually betrays his wife, his ability to...
View ArticleOne Nation Under Judgment: Some Thoughts about the National Day of Prayer
As we designate today as an official time to seek God, I’m reminded that God’s no quitter, but He’s been known to give up. Never because He’s weak; only because He’s done. So when humanity went from...
View ArticleThe Water Walk
Fresh off of history’s most triumphal luncheon (Matthew 14:16-21: five thousand dined on two loaves and three fishes; chefs are still arguing the logistics) the disciples, at Christ’s command, took off...
View ArticleI Know I’ve Got a Problem. Now What? (Part 2 of a 3-Part Series)
When God interrupts your life, He is calling you to follow Him in a new way. This is where the pursuit of a God-centered life beings, and where the shame of a self-centered life is exposed. Colin S....
View ArticleI Know I’ve Got a Problem. Now What? (Part 3 of a 3-Part Series)
“Oh, tell me I may sponge away the writing on this stone!” – from A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens When you cross lines you never thought you’d cross, and give yourself permission to do things you...
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