I am going to make the last three posts(written today) more shareable by placing all of them in a single post. Licensed thumbnail photo by mrgao
Category: Devotions
A Blog Post Revisited: Demolishing Strongholds
I have never spoken at a school convocation. It is my understanding that one local convocation got a bit interesting. IYKYK. Anyway, if I could deliver a message to families in local school systems it would be simply to provide a reminder to all believers in education – parents, students, […]
Hosea 8
Hosea 8: 7 They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.The stalk has no head; it will produce no flour.Were it to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it up. Sow the wind. Reap the whirlwind. What does that mean exactly? According to Bible Hub it means this… To “sow the wind” metaphorically represents […]
Honest Scales
Ted Lasso, Season 4, drops this week. I am rewatching old seasons to refresh my memory before the new season. I came across a scene which hammers home honest motives. During Season 1, episode 4(ironically titled “For the Children”), there is a scene near the end of the episode as […]
Only One Thing Matters
You can have all this world – just give me Jesus. ~ Jeremy Camp As we are set to begin another school year, I want you to start asking this question(as a parent, as a student, and as an educator), “What really matters?” I had a previous assistant admin who […]
A July 4th Message
A story takes shape during the Battle of the Bulge during World War 2. Lt Lyle Bouk and 17 other soldiers (along with five artillery observers) were tasked with manning a quiet, Belgium outpost in Lanzerath. They knew it was a dangerous assignment due to its strategic location, due to […]
Dads, Stand Between Your Kids and Satan
As men, it is our job to spiritually protect our households. How do we do that and what does it look like? First and foremost, we must pray for our family. We must pray the Lord’s protection over them. Next, we must pay attention to the information which makes its […]
Remembered: June 6, 1944
I have shared this before, but it is worth sharing again and again… I was speaking to my class about D-Day one year. It was quiet. Almost instinctively, young people can sense the importance of that moment of history. I had finished talking, and then my assistant of 70+ years […]
The Tombs of Gerasenes
In the book of Mark, we are told of a man who lived among the tombs of Gerasenes. He had been chained on more than one occasion. He had broken those chains each time. Night and day he would cry out and cut himself with stones. He was a man […]