Dear Friends, Recently I was on a video conference call with a group of folks who work at different charities and non-profits in our church neighborhood. There was a young woman on the conference call who was new to the group, and so she was asked to tell the group a little bit about herself. She gave us a few statistical pieces of information about where she was from, and where she went to school. Then she made a fairly dramatic statement, saying, “Before I was a Christian,

Dear Friends, Do you ever have one of those days where you just feel like complaining? It’s not that anything in particular has gone wrong, it's just that you wake up focused on the glass being half empty rather than half full. Unfortunately, that’s me way too often. The good news however, is that God is helping me see how to deal with my complaining mindset, and recently, He did that through Exodus chapter 17:23-26. If you’re not familiar with that passage, here’s what it sa

Dear Friends, This morning I had a conversation with a friend who has been waiting for God to give clear direction in a specific area of his life. The challenge is that God hasn’t give that direction yet, and so my friend is feeling stressed. As we talked about it, he said, “This waiting is wearing me out!” I could relate to his words, as I’ve also had times of waiting on God - and I know the weariness that can come with that waiting. As I’ve processed this over the years, it