Mar 8, 2024 | Devotion, Inspiration, Pastor's Life, Personal Development
Fourteen years ago, I suffered heat stroke in sight of the finish line of a community race I’d been training to win. It was 80 degrees, with high humidity, and I’d trained for months in unusually cool-for-summer 70-degree mornings. I had my time goals for each mile —...
Mar 5, 2024 | Devotion, Inspiration, Pastor's Life, Personal Development
So often we try to find the plan for our lives based on those around us. We listen to what others say about us or the way the world defines us. We try to measure up to other people’s standards. We even look at people we think are successful in this world and then...
Jan 5, 2024 | Church Matters, Devotion, Leadership
Most Churches Ignore this Important Spiritual Discipline It felt like any other Sunday when pastor Levi Lusko stood in front of his congregation and asked them to turn in their Bibles to the book of James. While the sound of pages being flipped filled the auditorium,...
May 2, 2023 | Inspiration
Begin with What You’ve Been Given A faithful person honors, cherishes, maintains, and guards the faith of those who put their trust in him by keeping his promises to them. God’s always like this. You and I, on the other hand . . . well, let’s just say this proverb was...
Nov 11, 2017 | Personal Development
CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS, CHANGE YOUR LIFE HINDRANCES TO GODLY THINKING Part Six “Hey Carolyn, there’s more in this present for you. You didn’t get everything out of the box. Come and see what else is in it.” I was so excited to find the black sweater I wanted I was...