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This post is dedicated to the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Your light shines on.   I’ve been chasing after success most of my life. Even as that impending retirement date draws closer, I’m already planning for my next venture as a small business owner. A...

Have you ever been afraid? Of course, you have. We have all had to face fear, whether it was fear of the dark in our childhood bedrooms, or the more recent anxieties caused by the invisible airborne assailant called COVID. So, what do we do with this lifelong...

Imagine living in a city that had been decimated – gates burned, great walls destroyed and reduced to rubble. For the exiled Israelites who returned to Jerusalem after it was destroyed by the Babylonians, the scene must have seemed hopeless.      Over in Babylon,...

We recently ushered in the new year and with it, fresh hopes, and new dreams. This is often a time when many of us examine ourselves and identify areas we would like to change or improve, with those desired changes taking the form of resolutions. Other folks, like me, see the new year as a good time to set or reset goals. No matter the outcome, the purpose is similar: As the calendar moves from one year to the next, we stop, we plan and then measure success before the calendar transitions again.

Today is the first day of Advent. I confess that I’ve not historically been one to make a big deal out of it. Growing up, we’d bring out the Advent calendar – the one with the little paper doors to open each day – and put the Advent wreath on the table. But beyond the...

This morning, I stopped. I put down the phone, abandoned my usual routine, walked outside and found a seat on the patio. With absolutely nothing planned, I simply sat still in the silence. Then, it happened.      God’s perfect creation woke up and I found myself not...

Oh, the wisdom of young babes … While helping in my church’s learning center one Sunday, I was sitting on the floor with a bunch of four-year-olds as the teacher began her lesson. Wanting to grab their attention quickly, she asked a question, “What do you think God...

I have always been for the underdog. When I used to go Christmas tree shopping, I would search for the “Charlie Brown” tree – the tree that was slightly imperfect – because I knew that nobody else would want a tree that is defective. And animals? If approaching a...

“I’ve just got to DO something!”  Those were my exact words after seeing the movie, Lion.  If you are not familiar with the film, it’s a true story about a young boy who gets separated from his family and ends up homeless on the streets of India.  Years later, he...

So, here we are, one year into this pandemic.  Who would have thought that our lives would be disrupted so quickly only to linger on into an uncertain end?  Will life ever return to normal?  What is normal, these days?  I think I’ve forgotten what brand of normal I am...