“But she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.” Mark 12:44b  The story of the widow’s mite reminds...

“You are the salt of the earth.” Every year a pilgrimage begins, however, the location changes.  This year all the attention was focused...

Years ago I ran across this parable, and it had an enormous impact on my ministry. On a dangerous seacoast where shipwrecks often occur...

For all those who have been waiting for my Bible Study on One Nation Under God: Healing Race In America. It is coming out March 4, 2017....

In this funny and blunt talk, Larry Smith pulls no punches when he calls out the absurd excuses people invent when they fail to pursue...

Meet and greet are opportunities for you to give people a chance to know more about you. It also gives you the opportunity to promote...

Prayer is a tough subject for most people. As I was thinking about how to approach this topic, it dawned on me that prayer is like eating...

“Christian kingdom generosity gushes out of the heart and soul of the redeemed believer.  It is cultivated and ripened through love for...

This opening illustration frames the attitude the Church should have regarding missions: A missionary in Africa was once asked if he...

What do you want to be when you grow up? Have you struggled to find your purpose in life. This TED Talk may give you some insights

Thank you so much,  https://followinghimbesidestillwaters.wordpress.com for nominating me for the One Lovely Blog Award! 🙂 I’m sorry it...

“13 Plus, they get into the habit of being idle. Not only are they idle, but they band together and roam from house to house, gossiping...

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah...

“If you want to change the face of outreach and evangelism in your congregation then you need to start raising up a new kind of leader....

This is a very interesting and impassioned talk, by Rabbi Brous.  In it, she shares four principles of a revitalized religious practice...

Calvin Coolidge wisely expressed it: “One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.” And so...

Heaven is a community of incredible, precious and eternal fellowship. 1 0 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain,...

One stormy night, Hudson Taylor was scheduled to speak in Birmingham, England, at the Severn Street schoolroom. His hostess attempted to...