26 be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27 and do not give the devil an opportunity. Ephesians 4:26-27 Chances are good that you have tried to place something back into a package the way that the manufacturer had originally packed it, yet it seemed […]

As I was cleaning off my desk for the first time in a while, I ran across a note that I had written with a scripture verse on it. I scratched my head and pondered but never could remember the reason that I had written it. You see, I had left off one important piece […]

Have you ever lost something and after a while had just given up on finding it? Well that happened to our family in 2017. At Thanksgiving in 2017 while out of town family was visiting, we somehow lost the remote control to our ROKU streaming device on our television. We searched long and hard for […]

because you have been born again – not of perishable seed but of imperishable – through the living and enduring word of God. 24 For All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like a flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,25 but the word of the Lord endures forever. And this word is the […]

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 2 Cor. […]

“If we all pull together, together, together, If we all pull together How happy we’ll be! For your work is my work, and our work is God’s work; If we all pull together How happy we’ll be!” Recently I have been demolishing an old fireplace and chimney that was no longer useable, and I plan […]

Anyone with children who are old enough to talk, have had those “what if?” moments. Currently Coleman and Mikaila are in the “what if?” stage, and everyday it’s a constant barrage of questions that could go anywhere or are about anything. Sometimes I play along, and sometimes I respond “what if you hush?”. Many times […]

With Christmas behind us, there is no doubt that many have recently read the passages from the Bible which depict the coming Christ child, as well as the nativity. This year one of the major themes that jumped out at me as I studied through the text, was the submission of Mary’s will that was […]

I’ll never forget the Christmas that I got into trouble by telling the truth. Coleman was about 5 years old and we were visiting family at Christmas time. Out of the blue, Coleman walks up and asks me “Dad is Santa Claus real?” I didn’t pay attention to the fact that other kids were standing […]