Coronavirus Close to Home

The impact of the coronavirus struck home for me at the end of February when my sister-in-law Charlene found out she had contracted COVID-19. She is a New Zealander in her 50s, temporarily teaching in an international school in Indonesia. Charlene was already under...

Draft Day

“For many are called, but few are chosen.”  Matthew 22:14 The NFL just completed the 2021 entry draft, the 85th of its kind. 259 young men were selected from around the country. Each player heard their name called and with that, everything changed. They’ve...

Mind Games

1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”……….9 But the LORD God called to the...

The Strength of an Eagle

“Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”  Isaiah 40:30-31 I’ve...

Keep Swinging

I recently heard the story of singer/songwriter Thad Cockrell. For years he had been trying to make it big in the industry, but could never seem to break through. After yet another underwhelming album release, Cockrell had decided it was time to move on and try...