Posts with the tag “james”

“Tell me the truth all the time...I can believe you all the time. Tell me the truth some of the time...I can never believe you.” You may have heard that before and all of us know the reality of that s...  Read More

Our relationship with God is based on faith. We are saved by grace through faith…we are to live by faith. But what exactly is this faith? Someone once said that faith is the certainty that God will ke...  Read More

I love this quote from President Teddy Roosevelt… “It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit...  Read More

At the Naval Academy in Annapolis each year the upper classmen ask the freshmen how many bricks it took to finish paving the courtyard. A visitor was watching all these freshmen on their hands and kne...  Read More

I love the story about the two guys who loved and lived baseball. One day Ted said to his buddy Ned… “Listen, we really want to know if there is baseball in heaven. So, the first one of us who dies, d...  Read More

It seems like I end up writing a lot these days. Right now, I have this devotional, a church-wide mailer, a funeral service and a message for Sunday all needing to be finished on my computer. There ar...  Read More

We have lights outside of our house that go on at dusk each night. Years ago, we had someone break into a car we had in the driveway and some of the neighbors had things taken out of their garages whe...  Read More

I remember when I was a kid, the pastor came by our house to check on something with my dad. He was busy and so I sat on the couch with our minister and just talked. I think he was just making convers...  Read More

You woke up today…but what if you knew that you wouldn’t wake up tomorrow? How would you spend your day? What would you do? We get so used to just living each day that we lose touch with how precious ...  Read More

How often do we say things that we shouldn’t? I bet all of us right now can think of all kinds of situations where it would have been better if we had just been silent. Our words have great power to h...  Read More

A week ago, we got hail and then snow all over our yards. The road was filled with slush, and we decided that it wasn’t wise to go driving around in this icy mess. And it was in the first week of Apri...  Read More

Have you heard the saying… “They talk the talk…but they don’t walk the walk”? We can agree with the whole Bible and even share it with others. But people need to see us live what we claim we believe. ...  Read More

As I go through my day, I might feel older, but I think I look younger! When I get up in the morning and look in the mirror, I kind of sigh and realize that I’ve got significant years and mileage on m...  Read More

There was one piece of chocolate pie with an Oreo crust left in the refrigerator last night. I’ve been trying to lose weight and so I’ve been careful about what I’m consuming. It looked so good just s...  Read More

Years ago, my younger brother challenged me to join him in running a marathon. He had already done one some time before and thought it would be an adventure for us to do one together. I loved the idea...  Read More

I was driving home after dark the other night and I came to the last stop sign in our neighborhood before turning on to my street. I cruised up to the four-way stop and a car was coming at me from the...  Read More