I have heard pastors say, “I would rather wear out than rust out!” The man who first popularized his statement was evangelist George Whitefield, who went on ...

Here is a list of things that I use on retreats in order to evaluate how well I am doing. These are not in order of importance, but focus on a range of areas...

Bill Wilson was the founder of the twelve-step recovery program called Alcoholics Anonymous, who was once listed in Timemagazine as one of the Top 100 People...

In Psalm 119:9, David asked, “How shall a young man cleanse his way?” The term “way”used here means “a well-worn path”. It is a picture of a footpath cutting...

We live in a bountiful part of New York, with lots of fruit trees and vineyards dotting the rolling hills of the Finger Lake region. Immigrants come here ann...

The Lord spoke through Isaiah about the people of God, saying, For as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people…(Isaiah 65:22) We are many ways i...

I have often wondered how God could see everything about me and only think on the positive things. In time, I realized that it was possible for me to see the...

Your feelings are real, but they are not always true. In terms of spiritual stability, one of the biggest mistakes I made—and tend to make, and often see oth...

There is an old Quaker story told about a king who asked for an inventory to be taken of all the flowers in his kingdom. He sent out a census taker with a cl...

These Three Degrees of Watching and Meditation Determine Our Behavior Taken from my book "Following the Eyes of Your Heart" What we meditate upon often deter...

How We Often Forget the Grace to Change... I read a quote about blame recently that really got me thinking... “When you blame others, you give up your power ...