MASKING REALITY WITH SUPERFICIALITY
“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times….” Well, someone already used that line; but if you do not mind me appropriating the...
Three Principles for Embracing the New Year
We are in the “Year in Review” season! That time of year when the news channels, periodicals, and even our own hearts look back at the...
To Everything There Is a Season and a Reason
The Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons can be a combination of great joy and, oddly, some melancholy. They mark the coming and going of...
IT'S ABOUT TO CHANGE!
“I simply can’t believe it,” I said to myself. My wife and I were sitting in the Social Security office in Charlotte, North Carolina. You...
GROWING IN GRACE?
I love the phrase, “grow in grace.” However, I wonder how many times we use the phrase inappropriately or without fully understanding...
SELF-FOCUSED BUT NOT SELF-AWARE
We are so focused on what we want, what we are doing, where we are going, and how events impact us, that we fail to be aware of how we...
THE BLESSING OF ACCEPTANCE
May I pose a question? Does acceptance occur before or after change? Consider the truth that is revealed in Ephesians 1:6, Jesus “…made...
