Hiding Place

Children love to play hide and seek. There’s some comfort, some reassurance, in being lost and being found. When Diana was little, she played hide and seek in her own special way. She and her daddy would both hide from me, or the two of…

The Secret to Self Control

So how many of you, for the nine weeks we have heard Galatians 5:22-23, have inwardly cringed every time you heard the words “self-control”? Many would say among all the fruit of the Spirit, kindness, gentleness, peace, even patience, self-control is the virtue with which…

Rekindled

At about the time I was interviewing for my first church, Dan went to a conference in Seattle that asked the question, “Are you on fire for the Lord?” We spent a lot of time talking about what it would mean to be “on fire…