Creative calling – what makes you come alive
Likely, you’ve come across this quote before: “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, then go do it. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive.” —American Author and Theologian Howard Thurman What makes me come alive is...
What a Great Artist Does
You don’t have to do some “great thing” to consider yourself a great artist. Here’s how I know. One evening in Rome’s Marconi District, a 20-minute drive from the Colosseum, the best restaurants buzzed with the conversation of happy,...
How to Know When It’s Time to Leap Forward
“But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law.” —Galatians 4:4 ESV Wow, I thought. This is different. The pool’s surface lay more than 16 feet below the platform I stood upon. Jumping into its icy water from...
Unstoppable Faith: What a Brooklyn Tree Teaches Us About Perseverance
The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up again. —Proverbs 24:16a NLT One movie I came to love while growing up was “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.” What drew me to watch it the first time was that its lead character, Francie Nolan, was a Brooklyn...
The Gift Within the Silence
…My grace is enough; it’s all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness. Once I heard that, I was glad to let it happen. I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift. It was a case of Christ’s strength moving in on my...
La vida es corta, pero ancha. (Life is short, but wide.) ~ Spanish proverb
...God, who got you started in this spiritual adventure,
shares with us the life of his Son and our Master Jesus.
He will never give up on you. Never forget that.
~ 1 Corinthians 1:7-9 MSG