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"Rizzarazzarazenfratz!" you mumble beneath your breath after placing the key in the lock, your only key, snapped in two pieces at the turn of your wrist. If God wanted to capture your attention right now, what could he possibly say through this snapshot of everyday life that would rival a mountain-top experience? For the answer, … [Read more...]
Yesterday after a long day of work I am walking to my car. There is a young man walking about 15 feet behind me. As I stopped to get into my car he calls out, “What a beautiful day!” “Couldn’t be nicer!” I reply. Now I notice that as I am putting my backpack in the car, he is just sort of standing about 20 feet away, and is kind … [Read more...]
If you surveyed a hundred people on the street and asked them when they need God, I imagine the majority of your answers would include phrases like "when I have a problem", "when I am stressed", "when I need help help" and other ways of really saying the same thing. We turn to God in awkward prayers when we can't handle things on our own. But what would … [Read more...]
In the alcove, we chatted nervously across the table littered with half-eaten chili cheese dogs and unsipped drinks. From my vantage point, I could see another group gathering just outside the room, focused on the bearded one among them, his eyes peering from beneath his heavy brow, lecturing as a professor would to his students. Those of us … [Read more...]
Your spiritual life falls into one of two categories. One begins hot yet ends cold, while the other might begin a little cold, yet eventually heats up. Have you taken your temperature lately? … [Read more...]
“We live in a dark world. The government seeks to take all we own. They want to stop us from worshipping the way our country’s fore fathers worshipped. The schools want to take our children from us and show them the absence of logic in believing in God. Our culture gorges itself on power, recognition, and beauty. So what do we do? How … [Read more...]
As the sun began to set, bringing closure to a hot, Oklahoma summer day, while taking one of my frequent walks, I found myself lost in the midst of the moment. On evenings such as these, a warm summer breeze usually accompanies me on my trek. But on this particular evening, well into my walk, I noticed that the prairie like grasses that surrounded me, … [Read more...]
Sometimes we get so spiritually minded, fixated on others faults (and our own), that we lose the Way to the finish line. Once we remove our self-motivated spiritual spectacles, we can see more clearly the prize that awaits us. … [Read more...]
Life lessons come in many forms, it’s just a matter of recognizing the message contained in them. Life is the most successful teacher I’ve met. And at the core of her essence is pressure because pressure reveals. Yes, reveals. Most folks think that the pressure of situations causes things to happen when in reality whatever’s being revealed … [Read more...]
There’s a Baptist Church camp in Oklahoma called Falls Creek. It’s the largest Christian youth encampment in the world. Each summer over 20,000 campers from Texas, Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma join there. It was where I first responded to God’s call on my life. It is for many people in this area, “Holy Ground”. Like the Parable Of The … [Read more...]
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