Happy MLK day! As a person who grow up after the main thrust of the civil rights movement, I was ignorant to much of the plight of Martin Luther King Jr. and what he sacrificed for his convictions. I looked up his history and found that there were about 9 overt attempts on his life. From a stabbing, to bombings, to…
Christmas has been packed up, the tree recycled, and the decorations put away. There was one thing that this Christmas showed me from my boys. We have to be taught how to respond to all situations. My oldest son, Austin, after the final present was opened, said “More presents. I want to open more presents.” Now he is three and…
Read Daniel 2 There are a couple things that will make me not sleep. If I take a nap during the day or if I drink caffeine after 5pm, I’m wired all night. Or if there is something bothering me, a conversation didn’t go well, there is something wrong with my wife or sons, that will keep me up….
Read Daniel 1:8-16 Many of us are thinking about resolutions right now. To eat better, to use our time better, to do life better. But for many this resolution dies by February. Daniel 1:8 serves as the key verse for everything that happens in the book of Daniel and what I hope will happen with our 2017. Daniel had resolve. He…
Read Daniel 1:1-2 For the first time in 15 years, my Alma mater, Army defeated our arch nemesis Navy in football. (We also just went on to win a bowl game.) It’s been a hard 15 years. West Point’s chaplain was praying his guts out on the sideline pleading with the Lord for the losing to stop. I hate losing….
Read Daniel 1:1-7 The opening of the Book of Daniel described the circumstances that brought a man from his homeland to serve God in captivity in a pagan country. Daniel was from a prominent Jewish family and when Babylon took over Jerusalem, Nebuchaddnezzar instructed that all the best talent train in the way of the literature and language of the Chaldeans…
One of the biggest obstacles in Christmas is there are a lot of people we want to see and share the season with, but only so much we can control. This can lead to frustration, anger, and even tears. And it’s not just Christmas is it? Christmas just heightens those emotions because there is a certain expectation placed on having…
A Miracle, A Name, A Prophecy: John the Baptist’s Birth The book of Luke opens with two angelic birth announcements. One is Jesus. The other is John. John was born to a priestly family. All of his parents’ friends and family were expecting that Zechariah and Elizabeth, an older childless couple, would name their son Zechariah to carry on the…
I am the foster mom of 3 boys. I am the daughter of someone who is terminally ill. I am single and (this week) I am not content. I am losing my job in 30 days. As all of these facts flood my head, I acknowledged that by all logic, I should have been at home this weekend curled…