Life’s Challenges
Jesus said, “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” We have a Savior who knows our struggles and knows our pain, and he will give us the strength to persevere and trust his will for us.
You might be plagued
I’ve been hearing the story of the ten plagues in Egypt since I was little. Maybe you’ve seen it portrayed in the classic (but…
The wisdom of margin
You can learn a lot from a piece of notebook paper. Just think of those little red lines near the left-hand side, the ones…
The deceitfulness of wealth
Jesus chose an interesting word to describe wealth: deceitful. (See Matthew 13:22.) If something is deceitful, it promises one thing while delivering something else….
Your worth is found in Jesus
In 2023 the cost for a 30-second Super Bowl commercial was between 6 and 7 million dollars. Yikes! That’s a lot of Cool Ranch…
Filled with peace and joy
What’s crushing down on you? Years ago, a nuclear-powered submarine, USS Thresher, disappeared in the ocean depths. A small valve had frozen up from…
The allure of screens
The book of Proverbs, written around three thousand years ago, doesn’t say much about tablets and TikTok, but it can teach us wisdom with…
Lose the messiah complex
You will never be able to set wise boundaries with technology until you reject your messiah complex. Ever heard that term? A messiah complex…
Face-to-face with friends
Imagine trying to have a conversation with a friend while surrounded by a crowd of people who are tapping you on the shoulder and…
Breaking the digital chains
If you had to give your relationship with your phone a letter grade, what grade would it be? That was the question I asked…
Your screen and your soul
Technology is a tension, isn’t it? Families feel this when they FaceTime siblings two states away … and when they sit in the same…
Your walking stick
Do you ever use a walking stick? I never did. My own two feet are good enough, right? Until I hiked in the Narrows….
Jesus will get you to the finish
Years ago I made the foolish decision to try to run a marathon way faster than I was trained to run. For the final…