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This is the time of year when graduates who have recently graduated are thinking about what direction their life is going to go, and I imagine more than one person who has “already arrived” in life starts to wonder the same thing about their own life… Where is my life going? Did I make the right decision? Do I stay on this path, or do I look for something else? Perhaps you are wondering what the purpose of your life even is? Those questions can lead to some good

For all you mothers out there reading this, “Happy Mother’s Day.” For all you women out there yet to be mothers, or never exactly had the opportunity to be that I wish you a “happy day as well.” There are several references to mothers in the Bible, and plenty of good examples as well. The world doesn’t seem to think motherhood is enough. We live in a society where women are trying to prove they are as tough or tougher

We just took time to remember and focus on the death and resurrection of Jesus. Some of the final words of Jesus are recorded at the end the book of Matthew that says, “ Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit .” Wasn’t that a great command… for these disciples? Yes it was, and they did in fact do what Jesus commanded them to do. What about today? Isn’t this a great command…for the missionary we support fi

I want you to think of something you think of as important. A relationship, a job, an appointment, a possession… What do you do to make sure you keep that “something”? Chances are you pay attention to it, focus on it, or guard it. That’s what I do too; I like what I like and want to keep it. That’s a good start in understanding what we find Jude writing to his audience in Jude vs. 3 where Jude says, “ contend earnestly for the faith ”. “Faith” is referring to “ The essen

We just crossed the threshold from 2025 to 2026. How does that make you feel…other than possibly a bit older? Are you excited about a new year leading to a fresh start or are you bummed that you didn’t meet your goals from 2025? Maybe a little of both. They saying goes “it’s not how you start that matters but how you finish.” I happen to agree with that. Typically the easiest part of a project is at the beginning when there is the most hope and excitement for how a projec

We just celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday. I imagine you had some kind of tradition in stating something you were thankful for (we do anyway). ’m sure that for that day, it wasn’t that hard to come up with something to be thankful for; family, friends, your job, or at least the food you were about to eat. What about the rest of the year? What about when things aren’t going in such a way that it’s easy to give thanks? We typically want to reserve our words of thanks for

The phrase ““If you can’t beat em’, join em’’” has been around at least as long as the 1930’s, and has been used as a slogan for any number of decisions from the political figure we voted on, the places we shop, and even the sports team we root for. Early last summer, I publicly switched from being a Mariners fan to a Yankees fan. I wasn’t exactly ready to be a Yankees fan, but I was tired of the Mariners way of losing year after year, so I switched. I was instantly rewa

Make lemonade! The idea behind this catchy (yet hard to follow) phrase is to make the best of a bad situation . Some people come by it...

Lesson: I recently watched a YouTube baseball video of the Yankees head coach (Aaron Boone) talking about his team winning the game they...

We are only "a piece" of God's puzzle (Life is not about me) This past June at V.B.S., I was the memory verse guy. Thanks to my wife,...

Spring has sprung, and spring cleaning has begun (I started with my garage). This is the first time since arriving in Odessa that my...

I was once asked to straighten a crooked fence post. I did it Josh's way...brute force! It was a short fence and I decided I was going...