Some time ago, a friend was telling me about how he was trying to make a cool looking mailbox out of an old wind surfboard and sail. While he was building it, his six-year-old son noticed a lizard bouncing up and down on the surfboard – doing a little lizard dance. My friend asked his […]
When he was asked, Jesus said that the first and the greatest commandment is to love God with all your heart, strength, soul and mind. In my first year of teaching high school, I’ll never forget this student named Ernest. Ernest was failing, he often skipped class, and when he did show up it was […]
Author and Pastor Max Lucado once told a story about the day his wife brought home a monkey. His daughters were thrilled! But Max was not. He had all kinds of questions. Where was the monkey going to eat? His wife said that it was going to sit at the table and eat with them, […]
Once, when John the Baptist was in jail, he asked his followers to go and find Jesus and to ask him, “Are you the one we were expecting, or should we look for someone else?” Remember John was a man of deep faith. He was one of Jesus’ biggest supporters. And yet, even he has […]
In the book of Leviticus, we learn a lot about the worship of the early community of faith. In chapter 6, the priests are instructed to keep a fire on the alter burning at all times. This fire was a reminder to the community of God’s continual presence with them. They were on a dangerous […]
Psalm 108 begins: My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make melody. Awake, my soul! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn. I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples, and I will sing praises to you among the nations. For your […]
My friend Hunter was driving over the Bridge of Lions one morning while it was still dark outside. Fog had blanketed the bayfront. As he crossed the span of the bridge he noticed a shrimp boat in close, with its lights illuminating only the hull and the name of the boat – which happened to […]
Yesterday, I shared with you about an interview I heard with George Forman. Today, I want to share just a little more. At the end of the interview, he was asked about his father. He never knew his father growing up. He wasn’t around. In fact, he didn’t meet the man until after he had […]
Sometime back I was listening to an interview with George Forman – former Heavy Weight Boxing world Champ. I was super impressed with his interview! At one point, he spoke about making a lot of money. He said something along the lines of this: Money is a good thing. It is okay. But just remember […]
One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast to her brunette head. She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, “Mom, why are some of your hairs white?” “Well,” […]
