Surviving Words’ Friendly Fire
“Shot through the heart and you’re to blame. You give love a bad name.” In my mind, those words from the old Bon Jovi song could be talking about … well, words. Words put our heart’s love volume on speakerphone for all the world to hear. Words can echo praise and encouragement from our hearts […]
Do You Speak Life Over America?
The elite sniper unit headed up by a young Scottish Captain lay silently hidden beneath Pennsylvania’s fall foliage. These men in camouflage were protecting the passage of the newly arrived British soldiers traveling from their landing site at Chesapeake Bay to the Patriot capital in Philadelphia. American forces made their way along Brandywine Creek in […]
Can Your Life Be Changed?
If you sometimes wonder whether or not God could ever love someone like you, take a look at this:
Moving Your Why to the Front of the Line
Several years ago on a Saturday night Ron and I went with some friends to a Christian concert. As we walked to the entrance a sweet lady with a broad smile stood waiting to greet us warmly. We found seats near the middle of the auditorium and then settled in for a good time. The […]
Freedom for the Patriot Gentlemen
What seems like a hundred years ago, the class with the reputation for disorderly conduct finally made it to the fifth grade. They were a rowdy bunch. So rowdy in fact that the 16 designated troublemakers (and that was only the boys) could not be divided thinly enough. I knew these children well enough to […]
Inspiring Website – Take a Look
If you live, shop, work, or worship in the Huntsville area you might be interested in a website called “Our City on a Hill”. Their mission is simple: to unite believers in the name of Jesus and to share the glory of God in Huntsville. Nineteen women of all ages and backgrounds make up the […]
Snapshot of Freedom
God’s sense of process and timing creates a toothy grin across my face! It’s been seven years since I began studying with ladies in the city jail and those in a nearby drug rehab facility. Before I could effectively begin teaching others I had to sort through a lifetime of beliefs, break them into bite-size […]
Freedom of Innocence
My seventh grade math test arrived on my desk with a thud. I knew it would be covered in red ink since I didn’t have a clue about how to solve most of the problems. Sure enough the red abounded, but it was much, much worse. At the top of the paper was a big […]
The Tree of Freedom
God’s perfect Paradise frolicked. The cobalt blue river provided a flawless backdrop for the kingly lions and playful gazelles prancing together along the water’s edge. Catfish flipped and flopped enjoying their swim with the Ganges sharks. Majestic hawks and eagles perched proudly in their box seats of towering, lush green foliage while taking in the […]
Freedom’s NOT Just Another Word
These days I feel like a sailor who mistakenly set his course direction a few degrees off. He left port with a smile on his face, a song in his heart, and an eagerness to reach his destination. Even though open water brought crashing waves and forceful winds, he manhandled the sail enough to stay […]
