Winston Churchill said many years ago, “If you cannot change your mind, you cannot change anything.” “That is true fact,” as my daughter would say. Nothing is more habitual than the pattern of our minds—our thoughts. Nothing prevents us from progress like our...
LISTEN TO THE DEVOTIONAL A young woman called me on the phone utterly discouraged. “My husband works hard, and so do I,” she explained. “But we never seem to get ahead financially. I look at my friends and see them remodeling their homes and sending their kids...
LISTEN TO THE DEVOTIONAL When hard times come, everyone looks for a scapegoat: blame tough times on the economy, or the government, or a mate whose use of credit cards has been less than frugal. Whether it is an organization, a church, a business, or a family, when...
As a kid, I always saw myself as the short one. And years later, I’ve remained… remarkably consistent . Not the tallest in class, not the most physically imposing—just… consistently closer to the ground than everyone else. It was something I noticed early, and for a...
I finished writing a book late last year. The work is now with my editor and soon it will move to layout and printing. That simple sentence carries more weight than it looks. Writing is exhilarating. Editing—and now letting go—is sobering. At this stage, you no longer...
Hindi lahat ng nasa ministry ay spiritually healthy. Sa totoo lang, may mga tao sa loob ng ministry na: Active Faithful sa attendance Committed sa tasks Pero internally… ubos na. Ubos sa pagod Ubos sa pressure At higit sa lahat… ubos na ang langis Ito ang delikadong...
When Jesus cried out from the cross, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” in Matthew 27:46, He was not expressing fear or abandonment. He was pointing His followers to the amazing set of prophecies in Psalm 22. His words are the opening line of a psalm written...
LISTEN TO THE DEVOTIONAL The press called it, “Sunday a Hero, Monday a Bum!” It is the strange story of a man who risked his life one day to save an eleven-year-old boy from certain death, his clothing aflame, while at least fifty people stood by and did nothing; and...
This experience humbled me deeply. Some time ago, I invited a woman to join my class and offered her a scholarship as a small way of thanking her for her quiet faithfulness in helping out at my ministries. I didn’t know her personal struggles. I wasn’t responding to a...
There seems to be a chronic shortage of love across our country and around the globe, with turmoil caused by anger, antisemitism, prejudice, and hatred. As Christians, however, we have unlimited access to an eternal fountain of love that never fails or runs dry. We...