1000 Wins

Congratulations to Coach Mike Krzyzewski for his 1000th win. As a Kentucky Wildcat Basketball fan, it’s difficult for me to pat him on the back when some of those victories were losses for my favorite basketball team. Photo: Rob Kinnon, USA Today Sports Few of us will...

Persecution and Praise in Niger

This week has been a challenge for Christians in Niamey, Niger. According to BBC News Africa, over 70 churches have been burned by protestors angry about French Magazine Charlie Hebdo’s illustration. But the believers in Niger are proving that their joy is in the...

Seasoned With Salt

Colossians 4:6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you know how to answer everyone. This verse crossed my reading this week, and I keep pondering, ‘seasoned with salt?’ Salt is used as a preservative and also enhances the flavor...

What is Grace?

2 Corinthians 12:19 “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” Grace is loving the unlovable. Grace is...

New Mercies

Today would have been my mother-in-law’s birthday. She passed away last July. I miss her in ways I never imagined. She always made me feel special on my birthday. I could ask her to do anything, and she’d drop everything to help. We didn’t always...