“But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”  Matthew 19:30 Have you ever seen a clown car in the circus. It zooms around honking and spinning until it comes to a stop and the door flies open revealing a parade of clowns, one after the other, after the other. Sometimes fifteen […]

Every Mother’s Day excited kids across the country attempt to serve their moms by doing something they never do on any other day of the year. I bet you know what I’m talking about; serving them breakfast in bed. Mother’s Day is the one day a year where kids find joy mothering their mothers.

“even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.””  Matthew 20:28 Every Mother’s Day excited kids across the country attempt to serve their moms by doing something they never do on any other day of the year. I bet you […]

Amy Carmichael is somewhat of a household name in Christian circles. If you don’t know her, you should take some time to learn more about her life. She was in Irish girl who was born in the 1800s. She was always weak and frail and prone to long bouts of illness, but her burning desire was to love God through loving His people in far away lands.

“Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.””  Matthew 19:21 Amy Carmichael is somewhat of a household name in Christian circles. If you don’t know her, you should take some time to learn […]

In 1865, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote a book about a girl who is now a household name. Of course you won’t know her until I tell you what name he wrote her book under, Lewis Carroll. Now you know her? Alice’s Adventures are now classic works known by kids all over the globe.

“But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.””  Matthew 19:26 In 1865, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote a book about a girl who is now a household name. Of course you won’t know her until I tell you what name he wrote her book under, […]

I love history. It’s so interesting and teaches us a lot about the present and that’s why I like historical movies. My wife Hayley loves these types of movies too, but she loves historical books even more. In one such book she told me about, The Dragon of Lonely Island, author Rebecca Rupp takes readers on adventures into the past to help them learn about the lives of the people who came before us.

“In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ” Acts 20:35 I love history. It’s so interesting and teaches us a lot about the […]

I have told this parable many times of a delivery driver who loaded up his delivery van for the day and then drove off to his neighborhood, up his driveway, and opened his garage to unload everything for his wife and children. Why does this seem so wrong to everyone who hears it?