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Luggage of Life, baggage in life, getting past your past

The Luggage of Life

November 25, 2024
It is my privilege to do a great deal of travel. Through the years I have learned it is best to travel light. Luggage slows you down and weighs you...
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A Devotional Truth for the Evening

January 10, 2018
Every close to the day is a reminder that God has not failed or forsaken us. Weariness should remind us that His strength was sufficient. Memories should remind us that...
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The Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards

December 27, 2017
Christmas and New Year are a time for family and fun. But for a believer it is a season of faith. A time to turn our eyes to Christ and...
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Making the Most of the Evening Hours

February 17, 2017
Making the Most of the Evening Hours Through the years I have written a number of things about making the most of the mornings. (You may read several articles about how...
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6 Things to Do in the Last 6 Days of the Year

December 26, 2016
The final week of the year is perhaps the strangest week of the year. It is like living in limbo. One year seems all but gone and the next is...
Arched Milky Way over the mountain dirt road in summer. Beautiful night landscape with starry sky, milky way arch, trail in mountain village, hills, green grass and purple flowers. Space and galaxy

My Thoughts on the Last Night of the Year

December 31, 2014
It was a joy to be with our church family tonight in the last hours of 2014.  We came to the Lord's table together and our hearts were turned toward...
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Learning to Say, “No”

October 23, 2014
As a young man beginning in the ministry I heard my pastor say that one of the most difficult things to discern was what to eliminate.  At the time, I...
Reading leads to reflection and this is the secret of thoughtful men. Reading good books is a A Daily Habit Everyone Should Form.

A Daily Habit Everyone Should Form

January 6, 2014
All of my books have my name in them. They are like members of the family (just ask my wife!). In part, I put my name in the flyleaf of...
Down times can often be down times. Activity, or lack of it, has a great deal of effect on our emotions. Life is passing quickly.

Dealing with “Down Time”

December 27, 2013
Down times can often be down times. Activity, or lack of it, has a great deal of effect on our emotions. The closing days of a year or school year...
writing in a journal each day has been the most helpful daily discipline I have ever followed, outside of prayer and the reading of God's Word. David kept a journal. Read the Psalms, Journals, reasons to use a journal why I use a journal

10 Reasons I Use A Journal Every Day

February 22, 2013
10 Reasons I Use A Journal Every Day At the end of 2008, I decided that I would try to begin writing in a journal each day. I am sitting...