Encouragement

  Time for my Christmas Soapbox Sermon! Every year I lament the waning Christmas “nativity” merchandise offered by retailers. If you want Christ-themed Christmas ornaments, you have to shop at a Christian bookstore. Last month I was finishing up packing my Christmas shoe boxes...
The Wiseman said, “The curse causeless shall not come.” Many problems and negative outcomes we experience are often self-invited. Self is a powerful motivator, and when a leader is motivated by self-will, it is especially tragic, because the consequences will be suffered by many...
I will never forget the time when I was in a fierce battle, attacked on many fronts. Having suffered a severe back injury, I was living with chronic pain, which kept me housebound and even bedridden for hours a day. The spiritual and emotional...