Article: What Love Is. . .

2020 has been the year of unwelcome change. (That may be an understatement!) Change can often produce anxiety, sadness, anger, apathy, listlessness and sleepless nights. I am sure we all have experienced at least one of those symptoms this year. I know I have. This may be the most difficult year of my ministry because…

Self-Reflection is good. It is helpful. Growth follows reflection.  Self-reflection and self-awareness go hand in hand.  In the 5th century, an ancient Greek playwright by the name of Aeschylus first wrote these words, “Know thyself.” If you know yourself, you will know what makes you mad, sad, and so on. This is good advice. Even as…

What kind of God do you want? Or to put it a different way, what kind of God do you believe in? John the Baptist was expecting one kind of God. A God who will bring punishment. John talked extensively to the crowds about what God is like and what God is going to do…

In a well known portion of scripture, Saint Paul writes about secret of contentment to the church of Philippi. This is what he wrote, “I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation,…

Blaise Pascal was quite the human being. Born in 1623, Pascal’s mother died when he was 3, and his father moved the family from Clermont-Ferrand, France, to Paris, where he homeschooled Blaise and his sister. By age 10, Pascal was doing original experiments in mathematics and physical science. To help his father, who was a…

According to Luke who wrote both The Gospel According to Luke and Acts of the Apostles researched the life of Jesus in order “to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.” (Luke 1:3-4) Luke investigated the life of Jesus…