Photoshopped Truth – Life’s Short, So Live it Up – Really?
Jesus said, “Today you will be with Me in paradise.” Huh? We say “Life is short; get the most out of it here-and-now!” Is there wisdom in both? Which “truth” is guiding you? Read Proverbs 14:6-16 & 1 Peter 1:1-9.
Continue readingPhotoshopped Truth – I’m Being True to Myself – Really?
There’s a great desire in our world today to be authentic…to discover who you really are and to live it unapologetically. But how do you know who you are? What is really being “true to yourself”? Read 1 Peter 1:22-25 & Luke 21:33 – 22:6.
Continue readingPhotoshopped Truth – Life’s Better in My Hands! – Really?
We are tempted to think and believe like our culture: Life’s better in my hands. Life’s better when I take charge. But is that true? Isn’t the real truth that life is not better in my hands. Life can only be better when I entrust my whole being into the
Continue readingThat Thursday Night – Lessons from the Night before Jesus Died – “Wash Me”
On that Thursday night, the night before Jesus’ death, Jesus ate the Passover meal with His disciples. That’s significant, but the evening involves many other conversations and activities. We’re going to review the scene with Jesus and the disciples to glean some important lessons for us. In a sense, we
Continue readingLife Sunday – #themtoo
It’s Life Sunday. God has given life to you and to your neighbors. No single life is more valuable than another. As people affirm this truth when they call out #metoo, we rightly reply in support #themtoo. But our affirmation of life’s value includes not only those who have faced
Continue readingMarriage God’s Way: An Essential Ingredient – Faithfulness
There are lots of elements to a good Godly marriage, but beyond the foundation of love, another essential ingredient is faithfulness. In faithfulness, spouses keep the vows or pledges they made at their wedding – to hang onto the spouse for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer . .
Continue readingMarriage God’s Way: Managing the Second Thing
What happens isn’t what effects your relationships most; how your respond is. God’s wisdom through St. Paul: Notice what’s good. Be Generous With Compliments. Why? How? Because God has done this for you…while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Read Romans 5:1-8 & Philippians 4:1, 4-9.
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