We live close to death but are still alive. —2 Corinthians 6:9b There are too many things in my world. And things move way too fast in my world. By no means is this a complaint, but here’s an example of my life’s schedule. The nugget of wisdom someone...

  So we are always confident, even though we know that as long as we live in these bodies we are not at home with the Lord. — 2 Corinthians 5:6 Ashley MacRae, a registered practical nurse in the emergency department at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Northern...

  For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!— 2 Corinthians 4:17 You parents didn’t tell me about the ‘not fun part’ of parenting! You never shared with me the bad cop...

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. — John 3:16 NKJV I could have answered, “John 3:16” when an inquisitive twenty-something asked me my favorite Bible verse. After all, John 3:16 is...

On the day of Pentecost, all the believers were meeting together in one place. Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. — Acts 2:1-2 In my prep for Pentecost Sunday this year, I came...

  “I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message.” —John 17:20 Eating ice cream, deep soul time with a longstanding friend, and walks around the water’s edge are three experiences that rank very high on most peoples’...

  The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said. He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.” “Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.” —Matthew 15:25-27...

  No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us. —1 John 4:12 An amazing professional who is very, very close to my children and me is in the final weeks of her...

  Even if we feel guilty, God is greater than our feelings, and he knows everything. —1 John 3:20 A great misdemeanor occurred. Someone left the door to the refrigerator in the workroom ajar on the Friday afternoon of the three-day weekend and yep, come Tuesday morning, someone’s something on...

  “Do you have anything here to eat? They gave him a piece of broiled fish and he ate it was they watched. — Luke 24:41b-43. One of Jesus’ miracles is turning a boy’s lunch into more than enough food for 4,000 or 5,000 people. As the Son of God,...