Dec 8 2018
A life-changing conversation between mother and son
When he was 10 years old, David Eisenhower was vey excited about joining his older brothers to go trick-or-treating on Halloween night. But his parents wouldn’t let him go. They thought he…
Dec 3 2018
Change in God’s pocket
Rich Nathan, pastor of the Vineyard Church in Columbus, Ohio, shared in a sermon, “John Wimber used to say that we need to be loose change in the pocket of the Lord that he can…
Nov 28 2018
A Teenage Girl Says Yes to God
Pretend for a moment that you are the main character in this unimaginable situation. You are a 13-year old girl, engaged to be married. A huge angel shows up to announce that…
Nov 22 2018
Humility in the Desert
Jesus is the forerunner for all believers—the Father led him into the desert to test and try him. When Jesus was baptized, the Spirit of God descended “like a dove” on him. A voice from…
Nov 17 2018
Humility Brings Rewards
If you’re smart, you’ll learn humility. If you want your relationship with God to flourish, you’ll walk humbly. If you want satisfying relationships with your family, friends and work mates, you’ll develop a humble heart. If…
Nov 13 2018
Seek Jesus, Find Humility
It’s not that humility should be the focus of our life’s pursuit. Jesus is our focus. At the core of Jesus’ nature is humility.
Jesus humbled himself to the very lowest place and as…
Nov 7 2018
Humility is Good Soil
Andrew Murray said, “Humility is the only soil in which the graces root; the lack of humility is the sufficient explanation of every defect and failure.” Murray, a pastor and writer from the late-18th and…
Nov 3 2018
Moses, Part 2
Moses shepherded a very large group of unruly, complaining people. He put up with their forgetfulness of God’s many miraculous interventions. When there wasn’t good water to drink or good food to eat, they complained. Most…
Oct 29 2018
Perhaps Moses embodies humility more ways than any other biblical figure. God seemed to think so. We read in the book of Numbers: “Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the…
Oct 25 2018
Humility is the chief of the graces
Humility is a broad reaching orientation to all of life, towards God and people. Throughout history, many leading authors have identified humility as the most core virtue of following Jesus:
The…
Oct 17 2018
In September I finished four months of leading worship at Southside Churches in Burnaby and Surrey, B.C. I really enjoyed it! I am always enriched by visiting and co-working with churches in other denominations than my own. We have so…
Dec 21 2017
I am inspired to write songs for many reasons. One way I catch a vision for a new song begins with seeing a need. I sometimes do music for a dinner outreach to needy people. It’s one expression of Nightshift…