A Blessing in the Cluster There is a sentence that just jumps off the pages of the book of Isaiah, which speaks of God’s heart and purpose for mankind. It …

Walking In Love One day, years ago, when we were hosting some friends from the States and touring some of the castles here in Portugal, our youngest child, who was …

Ask God For a lot of people, prayer is asking things of God. It is like going shopping. We have our list of all we want to have or to …

Shut the Door I have often wondered why the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray. People usually pick up the way to pray by hearing someone else …

Turning Your Life Around So many are not happy with the way their lives are going. They feel they are at a dead-end. It is hard for them to get …

Two Are Better Than One In a day in which individualism seems to be promoted, with the goal of being self-sufficient, living in covenant relationships, such as marriage or the …

God Is My Portion When Jacob was returning to the land of Israel, he knew he had to confront the sins of his past. He had deceived his brother and …

Finding Your Way I have traveled quite extensively and it is such a comfort to be picked up from the airport and taken to the place arranged for me. A …

Deep Calls Unto Deep In the Psalms, David opens up to the world the secret struggles of his heart. He lays it all out in the open, for all to …

Believing Atheists I know that when I talk about believing atheists I am being a little sarcastic, but this oxymoron is more revealing of the culture in which we live …