In the Stillness

In the Stillness

It was quiet and still one morning as I took my morning walk. A thick blanket of fog covered the ground. There wasn’t so much as a gentle breeze stirring. I heard a noise in a nearby tree. An old dead limb crashed through the branches of the tree and fell to the...
WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE GOD’S NOT AROUND

WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE GOD’S NOT AROUND

“Where was God when Adam and Eve were disobeying Him and eating the forbidden fruit?” That’s the question I asked at the Men’s Home Bible Study one night. There were puzzled looks on the guy’s faces as they knew their answer should be “He was there with them,” but...
Seek The Master’s Face

Seek The Master’s Face

After supper one night, I walked out the back door with an ice cream bar in my hand. My dog, Archie, was in the backyard, sitting under the shade trees with my wife. When he saw the ice cream, he trotted towards me. Anytime I walk outside with any kind of dessert in...
A Bible Study on ADDICTION

A Bible Study on ADDICTION

One of the guys at the Men’s Home Bible Study looked totally shocked when I said “The word ADDICTION doesn’t appear in the Bible.” One of the reasons for this is because ADDICTION is a relatively new word in our vocabulary, originating in the mid 1600s. There is an...
LAY IT DOWN

LAY IT DOWN

Three years ago, during my yearly sabbatical in October, I was going to write my third devotional book. As I began to undertake the project I hit a roadblock of sorts. Things weren’t “flowing” like they should. A couple of days later, while on my morning prayer walk,...