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...

When Your Older Brother is God

Some statistics* on firstborn children: Firstborn children have slightly higher IQs (only about two points) than children in other birth order positions. Men who are born earlier in their family are more emotionally stable than younger siblings. Kids born in the first...

5 WAYS TO WIN IN 2021

“Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to...

Living with Joy

Joy is a choice. It’s a point of view. It’s a way of looking at things. If ever there was someone who is an example of this it is Joyce Isidor. Monday through Friday we have an early morning prayer call at our church, and Joyce is faithfully on that call. She is...

A Serpent and Santa

He removed the high places and broke the pillars and cut down the Asherah. And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made; for until those days the people of Israel had made offerings to it  (it was called Nehushtan). He trusted in the LORD, the God of...

To Walk in Another’s Shoes

It is said, “To feel empathy, one must walk a mile in another’s shoes.” In the last six months, I have come to realize how unaware I have been to what it would be like to walk in another’s shoes. I am so grateful for my brothers and sisters in Christ who have been...