A friend of mine has a fig tree in his yard, but he rarely pays attention to it. Thus, during the time of year when he should be harvesting figs, he often ends...
How many times have you heard Christians say, “God told me to do this” or “The Lord told me to do that”...
They say the two things you have to find when you move to a new city are a good doctor and a good mechanic. I’ve had several physicians in the twenty years that...
I was traveling with my grandparents down a country road on vacation one summer when we came upon a warning sign that read: ROAD CLOSEDBRIDGE OUT"What should we do?" we wondered. Clearly we...
When we think of knowing God, we rightly focus on our relationship with God, on his revelation in Scripture and, most of all, in Jesus Christ. But knowing God isn’t simply a matter...
I completely forgot about God for two entire weeks. I know, that sounds terribly unspiritual of me. Couldn't I have at least garnered a passing nod to the one who created me, the...
Jeremiah 21:12-14 is a prophetic word for Judah’s royal family, the descendants of King David. It begins: "Give justice each morning to the people you judge! Help those who have been robbed...
"And now," my boss said, "we come to the part about improvements you can make."She was giving me my first job performance...
Most of us have experienced heartburn at one time or another. We eat a particular spicy meal, or we eat too much at Thanksgiving, and in a couple of hours our insides feel...
Here's a quick quiz: Name the gold medal decathlete in the 2008 Olympics. The name escapes you? That won't surprise Bryan Clay. Bryan can't even tell you where he keeps his medal. His life has...
I start with the usual, the question that invites me into their world. ...
I know a girl who re-uses her zip lock bags. She even has a little baggy drying rack. She saves scraps of...
As we enter Holy week, I am taking stock of my Lenten promises. This is the season that I shine up my servant-heart. I have been practicing humility.
L.L. here, to say "I'm not a rock aficionado."
Note: The picture is of the Quaker meeting house in San Antonio. ...
The last in a series of Lenten meditations... ...
They are like stunted shrubs in the desert, with no hope for the future. They will live in the barren wilderness, in an uninhabited salty land. Jeremiah 17:6 Why did Judah find itself...
In A Circle of Quiet, Madeleine L’Engle wrote: During the long drag of years before our youngest child went to school, my love for my family and my need to write were in...
The Bible-based devotions that I write each day are called “Daily Reflections.” But, in light of Jeremiah 15:16, I wonder if they should be called “Daily Confections,” as in “something delightful...
Ten minutes into my morning commute and I was stopped dead in traffic. It was Monday. The darkness that Daylight Saving Time brought on combined with a steady morning rain made road conditions more...
