I recently heard a testimony of a sister in Christ whose family had been without food and had no money for more. They literally were down to popcorn in their pantry. So they sat down on that night around a bowl of popcorn - much like the woman in I Kings 17 who had only enough flour to make a small loaf of bread. She intended to make that final loaf to feed to her son and then watch him die. She had resigned herself to starvation based on her situation - a great famine throughout the land. But t… Continue

I wrote this blog a few weeks ago but just had the nerve to post it today....

I have worked at Johnson County (KS) Juvenile Detention Center since March 2007. I started out on the evening shift, but ended up on the night shift—where I’ve been for about a year and a half. I do shift work, so I don’t have much interaction with staff from other shifts except the exchange of pertinent information about our residents.

Last November, I stayed over to work overtime on the day shift. I was already acq… Continue

Christian missions is a subject very close to my heart. Trisha and I intended to serve God overseas, but He had other plans for us. So now I help in the area of missions at our church. One of the ideas that I have discussed with leadership is the difference between missions and evangelism.

One of our church's missionaries recently spoke on the difference. It is basically this: Our outreach--our sharing of the Gospel of Jesus Christ--in the community is evangelism. There's already a church estab… Continue

I have been a Christian for nearly 26 years, and I've heard it all. But I heard someone say yesterday at church something I've never heard before. It is a saying that's sounds cheeky, but is somewhat profound. Here it is:

"The stone wasn't rolled away to let Jesus out, but to let the disciples in."

My mind immediately drifted off to John 20:19: "On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood amon… Continue

So what if Adam didn't blame Eve?

I don't mean what if he never uttered the words, "The woman you gave me...". I mean what if he meant something else?
My husband and I are extremely excited to be learning more about the depths of the scriptures and the origins of prophecy throughout the Bible. As it turns out, there are so many exciting things, but one of them is the fact that Jewish prophecy is found in patterns. It's interesting to learn about the very concept of prophecy itself. Prophecy as… Continue