Daily Bread
Daily messages of encouragement and instruction from God’s Word
Gift to your children
We celebrated Father’s Day recently, and one thing we decided to do was find a verse that we felt related to our dad. The [...
Message from God
Today’s gospel bite was written by the apostle Paul. It’s a call from our creator to repent and seek him. “The God who made [&hel...
The phone call
I’m sure you know people like this – those who only call when they want something from you. When you see them calling, you [...
What’s my purpose?
What’s my purpose? Without purpose, we don’t have direction, and without direction, life is meaningless. Many today live purposeless lives or selfish purposes that [&h...
The Point of Growth
My wife and I enjoy “heaven and earth” walks. On these walks, we do our best to allow the natural world around us to...
Activated Worship
I spent many years of my academic life developing and teaching educators to apply an activated classroom teaching approach. The basic idea was that...
Choose your lens
Most researchers use a theoretical paradigm to help them understand reality. However, this “lens” affects what they see. Someone using critical theory may focus [&h...
The water source
Recently, I hiked to the Sphinx in the Drakensberg. I am always in awe of the cascading waterfalls and fresh, gurgling streams. It made...
Pursue or ensue?
I was listening to an interesting discussion on the Blue Zones. These are small areas scattered around the world where there are an unusually...
Pick your pattern
Forgiveness is certainly easier said than done, but God calls us to forgive. To forgive our brothers and sisters not just once, not even...
Patterns of the times
Reality reveals itself to us in patterns. This is true in both the natural and spiritual. Wisdom teaches us to identify patterns from learning...