Life Guide My Grandmother gave me one of those gifts that keeps on giving. She gave it to me not on Christmas, but one particular New Year’s Eve. Grandpa had died and gone to heaven a few years prior and at age 92, she was now living in an independent senior home. We had made…

There’s a famous scene from the Academy award winning Best Picture, Braveheart. William Wallace, played by Mel Gibson, strides across the battlefield in front of his rag-tag army of men, martialed for battle. As his fellow Scotsmen are sizing up the enemy across the battlefield, they’re considering their options, the best of which seems to…

A Closer Look Guide There’s a song that has become almost like a world anthem- John Lennon’s Imagine. Remember how it goes? “Imagine all the people, living life in peace.” It was heard again at the 2021 Olympic Ceremony in Tokyo, the 5th time in the last 25 years that this particular song has been…

Let me tell you about a man well acquainted with death. As a boy, this man lost both his parents before the age of 14. He lived during a war that lasted 30-years long, during which soldiers entered his town and burned down 400 buildings, including his home and church. Not long after this, a…

There’s a truth we need to come to terms with or else we will only find ourselves banging our head against the wall. The truth is this—God is a big God who likes to work through small things to accomplish his desired results.  Certainly, he’s capable of working big results with a big show of…

Ask a kid what he or she wants to be when they grow up, and you might hear all kinds of answers, “I want to be a doctor, firefighter, the quarterback for the Packers.” Have you ever heard a kid say, “I want to be a Christian, and on the side, I’d like to deliver…