If you're goal oriented and need to make lists of probable intentions, I salute you. It's not that I'm anti making goals. Rather it's that making them immediately spikes a certain form of rebellion in me that disputes the necessity of either having or conquering any such goal(s). You…

                    May you find your abundance in the Lord Jesus Christ, receive the rescue and redemption He paid for with His earthly life, enjoy the friendship to best all friendships, and rest securely in His arms as He offers you a precious eternity saturated in the…

                Tim Moynihan gives the Prodigal Avenger story an authentic feel and with what I consider to have two protagonists. Jake "Snake" Drecker is on a mission in a burqa with two special operators along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border aiming to take out a major leader in Islamic terror…

     There was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband for seven years after her marriage, and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.…

                                So. Five things I got for Christmas and love, love, love! A second pair of Taos boots, style "Crave". The coolest boots and the most comfortable shoes I own. Two pair and counting!  Two pair of Seahawks gloves! Double…

        (Originally posted on July 23rd, 2018, as "A time to . . . Send Down The Rain".) Nobody does broken like Charles Martin. And in his latest Send Down The Rain, there is plenty of brokenness. I've said before that I was late to the Charles Martin reading party, but now…

                                                     Joy to the world!    Thank you for beauty everywhere, Lord. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

                                The gift of God to us. Jesus Christ. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you, He is Christ the Lord." Luke 2:11 (NIV) The most Merry Christmas with God's perfect Love to you.

  . . . "This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too."    Luke 2:34-35 (NIV)

     This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public…