Faith expressed in action

In Luke 7 a Roman officer had a sick servant and he sent some respected Jewish elders to ask Jesus to come and heal his servant.  The Jewish elders begged Jesus to come and help this man because of everything he had done for them. Jesus agreed and went with...

Sharing your dreams and desires with your spouse

Sharing your dreams and desires with your spouse in the beginning can be very vulnerable.  You may be sharing things that you have never shared with anyone before. You may have never even said them out loud just to yourself before.  When Carolyn and I want...

Living on purpose with your spouse

When you first get married you are pretty enamored with each other.  Then after the first year or so, you start seeing that you are two different people, constantly living together and the things you once had patience for quickly become the things that frustrate you. ...

The door is not locked it’s just stuck

When things don’t go how you thought, or don’t happen immediately, it can be easy to think that the door is permanently closed.  But what if it’s just stuck? If that door is the entrance into your purpose and vision you don’t want to call it quits just because it...

Hone your focus and get after it

In Luke 4:25-27 Jesus said, “Certainly there were many needy widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the heavens were closed for three and a half years, and a severe famine devastated the land.  Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them. He was sent instead to a...