Make the most of every chance you get. These are desperate times! Ephesians 5:16 (The Message) I believe Apollo Creed had it right in Rocky III when he fired back at a grieving and exhausted Rocky Balboa who’d begged to put off training until tomorrow… “There is no tomorrow! There is no tomorrow!” Here’s why. […]

His talk is smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart; his words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords. Psalm 55:21 (NIV) I’m not a violent person.  Disclaimer: if my stash of Peanut M&Ms goes missing I am known to get downright testy. But not violent.  I’ve never considered taking […]

Jesus told this parable: The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men — robbers, evildoers, adulterers — or even like this tax collector… But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and […]

“Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.”   John 13:14-15 My week-long trip to Nicaragua (http://maryfelkins.com/blog/never-ending-plastic-bowls/) to serve with The Hope Project (www.thehopeprojectinternational.org) at the end of April had our […]

Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men I would not be a servant of God. Galatians 1:10 In general terms, divorce means a total separation; disunion. I’d been wrestling with niggling guilt about an […]