What can you count on? Really? What is stable for you? What is it that will be there for you forever, never failing, always consistent? What do you value? What is it that takes up the bulk of your time/attention/focus? Where do you turn when things don’t...
There many ways to love people. A very simple way to love someone is to meet their needs. There are 4 basic types of needs that people have. Physical needs are things like food, water and shelter. You can love people in this manner by working in a soup kitchen,...
Joe, my son, is on a trip with another local church. He is in South Dakota. He is seeing Mount Rushmore, the Black Hills, the Badlands, farms, mountains and so much more. My niece is on the trip as well. The other day my brother-in-law asked me how bad I was...
It is summer. The season so many of us yearn for throughout the dreary and occasionally bitter days of winter. Finally, school is out and there is time to do everything. Days into it the weather is not “summery” and “everything” has been...
The phone rings…what could it be? What has happened? Who is in need? Who is angry? What did I not know about? Did I miss something? Car wreck? Someone ill? The possibilities are endless. What was that pain? Heart attack? Gas? Was that a lump? Is that...
