How many of you would confess, I worry about lots of things? You would say that fear, worry, or anxiety mark your life to one degree or another? Those of us who worry have our own style of worrying. Some of us worry about decisions to be made. Some of us worry about decisions we just made. Some of us worry about the how-tos of life. How to feed and clothe and how to buy and pay. And, some of us worry about everything — decision making and...

Joy, it’s such a familiar part of the Christian life. We sing about the joy we have in serving Jesus. We talk about the joy that sustains us in troubling times; and we are eager to share the joy we have with others. But what do you do when you can’t seem to find one stick of joy in your life? What do you do when you are so numb with discouragement that you can’t remember the feel of joy? How do you know if any small ray of joy...

As the year comes to a close I search for appropriate ways to summarize the days and months that preceded and I ponder how to speak encouragingly about the year on the horizon.  I am sure that if you were given this assignment you would have a unique perspective and approach to appropriate final words and encouraging first words. My angle is born out of the true story preserved for us in Daniel 3.  As you know the three Hebrew young men defied...

Or, better yet, the work of Bob Carver.  Mr. Carver is a long term deeply loved Bible department professor at Clearwater Christian College.  Bob is very visible on our campus and so is his work.  Once I got settled in my office at the college I started finding these business card size verse cards on my desk.  As you can see from the picture they are a very attractive keepsake.  At first I thought I was a special recipient of these verse cards....