I woke up to blessed quiet. It had been many weeks — almost two months — of noises in the attic awakening me or scuffling between my office walls and the outside brick frustrating and distracting me. My sons and I couldn’t determine its identity. One morning the...
As King David stays hidden from his son Absalom, two men risk their lives to report to David Absalom’s plan to take over the kingdom. (2 Samuel 17:17-21) Because they had been seen leaving the city, a man in Bahurim allowed these messengers to hide in his well. His...
David’s escape from Absalom drove him to God. Although he had had many victories in his life, David committed many sins, as we all do. Yet he knew who to turn to, who to cry out to, who would be sure to answer.
Sometimes things don’t turn out as you plan. No real secret there, right? As my son loaded up a bed frame to take to his first “home away from home” at college, he casually said the frame was secure in the back of the pickup. However, at the first significant bump in...
John 8: 1-11 tells a story of a woman caught in adultery. The scribes and the Pharisees brought her to Jesus to test Him. Thrown into the sand, she awaited the sting of the stones that would crush her and seal her fate. She was guilty. She knew it. Her accusers knew...
We got reacquainted while seated by each other at a funeral. I shared some things from my heart. She committed to pray for me. And she has done just that. At random times, I receive a text with scripture and words of encouragement. Each time, they meet a specific and...