You have a story God wants you to tell. Something in it can change a life because God gave you your own personal story to make a difference in someone else’s story. No matter how dysfunctional, traumatic or bizarre our stories are, we shouldn’t be afraid to tell them because by sharing them, we…
This morning I am feeling helpless as I read about the loss of life and devastation after the chemical plant explosion in West, Texas. Just yesterday, we drove through West on our way to San Antonio from Flower Mound. I had driven through West numerous times before, stopping at the famous Czech Stop to…
I’m working on a message about how God navigates our lives when we surrender them to him, and it occurred to me that often times he takes us back to our starting point. So many times our human tendency is to run from what is troubling us and to navigate far away from our…
But if I say, “I will not mention his word or speak anymore in his name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed I cannot.” These are the words of the prophet Jeremiah who was called…
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. (1 Thessalonians 5:11) Today I felt a calling to write about friends. We all have different types. The kind of friend I wanted to talk about today is a great friend. I feel it is an encourager and listener…