Posts tagged “Confidence”
Jesus is worth it!
“About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God” (Acts 16:25). That’s nice, isn’t it? A neat little story about a…
Stage presence
Everyone has stage presence in the virtual world of social media. There we can create our own realities while interacting on a global scale…
Reassurance
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, nor height…
Rizzin indeed!
Not too long ago, one of my employees paid me a lovely compliment . . . I think. She told me I had “W…
Telling the future
My husband and I were walking in downtown Madison, WI, and passed a man who held a cardboard sign that read, “Tarot Readings.” I…
Left on read
For today’s high school and college students, the worst thing you can do is leave them “on read.” Let’s pause a moment for a…
Your truth = The truth?
The other day I studied every appearance of the word truth in the Bible. In my English translation, the word showed up 137 separate…
Today is the day the Lord has made!
Do you ever shop at Aldi? With four small, seemingly always hungry kids at home, I sure do! One of my favorite things about…
What does it look like to be still?
One of my favorite Bible verses is Psalm 46:10: “Be still, and know that I am God.” Who knew eight words could be so…
God is working
People, even people within our Christian circles, do destructive, harmful, secretive things. David expresses it well in Psalm 64:6: “They plot injustice and say,…
Terms and conditions no longer apply
A while back I bought airplane tickets to speak at an event later this spring. I would fly in one day, speak that evening…
Listen to Jesus’ voice
Last summer my wife and I adopted a puppy named Huckleberry. Since bringing her home, the one thing that’s stood out to me the…