Tag: jesus

  • LONELINESS

    It has been reported multiple times in recent years that there is a epidemic of loneliness in our society. My personal opinion is that this has been caused, or made worse, by the proliferation of social media. Not only can this lead to unfair and unwarranted personal comparisons (leading to lots of low self-esteem) but…

  • LESSONS LEARNED

    How many times have you said, or thought, “If I knew then what I know now…”? For me? I’ve said that so many times I can’t even begin to count them! So often in our youth and young adulthood, we make assumptions that aren’t always on the mark. Then after a few years, we look…

  • PROJECTS

                Do you ever have a personal “to-do” list?  I do.  Every spring my wife and I sit down and write down our summer projects, which usually means work we hope to accomplish outside, like building a terrace, splitting next winter’s firewood, planting blackberries, etc.  Needless to say, our reach often exceeds our grasp, which…

  • HEARTS AND HEARING

                I’m working on a new project.  It is my newest book entitled, What Fills Your Heart?  The premise of the book is to set several contrasts before the reader asking which of them fills their heart?  Some examples of chapter titles are: As I write I am encountering the leadership of the Holy Spirit…

  • ABOUT EXPECTATIONS…

                As a Christian Counselor, it is my privilege and responsibility to give biblical guidance to those individuals and couples who come to me for advice and direction.  It is important to me that clients understand that the foundation of my work is God’s Word.  God has given us clear and specific teachings in the…

  • ANOTHER END-OF-YEAR THING

    How often in your lifetime do you suppose you’ve heard or read the phrase “end-of-year”? There are always end-of-year sales during which everyone hopes to find great bargains from after Christmas items to end of the season garments. Stores are always looking to grab your attention with these phrases and sales in the hopes of…

  • WHAT GOES ON IN YOUR MIND?

    I’m reading a book. Nothing new or unusual about that. What is different is that the book was written in 1902, making it, perhaps, the oldest book I’ve ever read, outside of the Bible. The book is As A Man Thinketh, by James Allen. Overall the book is about having inner peace based on what…

  • THE PURSUIT OF WISDOM

    Not many seem to have it. Even fewer seem to know they need it. Fewer still are willing to make the effort to seek it or even ask for it. This is tragically the situation when it comes to wisdom in today’s world. We need knowledge, but more than that, we need the understanding of…

  • KNOWLEDGE OR WISDOM?

    I am currently working on my next book, which is a Men’s Devotional from the Book of Proverbs. The working title for it is THE PROVERBIAL MAN: Practical Wisdom For Today’s Man. I find that there is a wealth of information for men from the Book of Proverbs as Solomon gives these statements of teaching…

  • KNOWLEDGE OR ACQUAINTANCE

    In the last post that I wrote I mentioned that I had a dream to write a book. (Note the link below.) Now that dream has come to fruition and I am a long way into my next writing project. One of the things that I find so very useful as I write is to…