Why Diets Don’t Work and the Daniel Fast Does!

Why Diets Don’t Work and the Daniel Fast Does!

Let me ask you a question: How many diets have you been on? Can you remember? Can you count them?  And as you think of your health today, were they successful? Or were they merely a temporary change that you tried to follow and then finally gave up and went back...
Lessons From My Morning Walk

Lessons From My Morning Walk

I was out on my daily walk this morning when a scene captured my imagination, which later translated into several teachings from the Scriptures. I thought I would share them with you and maybe they will stir a nod in your spiritual thoughts, also.  I live in a...
From Light to Darkness

From Light to Darkness

As I write this post I’m on what I call a “work-cation.” As a writer, I often go away to a more secluded and quiet place where I can be more focused. For now I’m in a little place on Lake Chelan, which is a long, river-like lake nestled among the mountains in Central...
A Different Way to Love

A Different Way to Love

As followers of Jesus Christ, you and I are called to be different. Not odd. But different. In fact, we’re called to be excellent and notable. Clearly, not in a prideful way. But instead in a way that people notice because our attitudes and actions transmit...
No Wonder I Never Have Any Money!

No Wonder I Never Have Any Money!

Marie is a friendly, outgoing and accomplished woman. She’s one of those women who you want as your friend. A while back she said to me, “No wonder I never have any money!” That’s when we entered into a great conversation about Marie’s...
Your Fast Can Give You Some Clues

Your Fast Can Give You Some Clues

Fasting provides a very practical and perhaps even stark set of lessons for anyone participating in the spiritual discipline. As followers of Jesus Christ who are on a quest to grow in our faith, we can use the fast to learn about ourselves. And one thing I know for...
Give Us This Day Our Daily What?

Give Us This Day Our Daily What?

Christians regularly recite the “Lord’s Prayer” at home and during their church services. And a lot of people use Jesus’ teaching about how to pray in Luke 11 as a model or an outline. One of the instructions from our Lord is to ask our Father in Heaven to “give us...
God! Where Did You Go?

God! Where Did You Go?

Jesus teaches in John 17:14 that His followers (like you and me) are in this world, but not of it. We live by different standards. We have benefits available only to us because we are God’s chosen people (James 2:5; 1 Peter 2:9). Spiritual truths are revealed to us...