Three Rules to Serve By

by | Jun 4, 2011 | Misc

Blogger’s Note: I wrote the following personal essay as my entry into a contest with Towne Park.Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs on the television show NCIS has a list of rules he lives by. He is as fictional as the CBS program, but his rules make sense in the...

Grief Surprised Me

by | Feb 17, 2011 | Misc

“Daddy, are you going to eat lunch with me at school tomorrow?” Meileah asked this question with big, round eyes as I tucked her into bed last night.”What? Is it a special day?” I replied buying myself some time because a Twix wasn’t...

Don’t Discount Today

by | Oct 6, 2009 | Misc

This quote has encouraged me so much, I have printed it out to place on my desk. What quotes have inspired you lately?”If you are trusting in Jesus Christ this morning, the roots of your life were planted in the eternal counsels of God, and the branches of your...

The Power of Fasting

by | Jun 4, 2009 | Misc

Text copyright 2009 GRQ, Inc.Before Jesus took his ministry public, he spent 40 days without food and drink. This elongated fast was a time of spiritual preparation for his three years of ministry, healing, teaching, and ultimately his sacrificial death on the...