“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed.” (Luke 10:41-42) Many of us are seeking more balance in our lives, so much so that it is one of our most popular resolutions for the New Year. Our yearning for more peace in our lives doesn’t surprise me because we live in our world where peace is yearned everywhere. A college professor of mine told our freshman health class to be sure we had eight hours of sleep, […]

“You cannot serve both God and money.” (Luke 16:13) It’s income tax time. You’ll soon be receiving your W-2 or 1099’s and getting your receipts together to prove what you did with all that money you made last year. Why not take a spiritual accounting, too. What did you do last year for the Lord with all that money and talent he gave you? We often think that God doesn’t care a lot about money. After all, the Bible discourages materialism and we all know that money is […]

“And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.” (Matthew 2:11-12) We’ve all heard the story, so much so that a few of us could probably quote the verses. So why talk about the […]

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” (Luke 2:14) My wife told me a story recently about a young woman who was in need of serious surgery only to see it delayed due to circumstances beyond her control. When I saw her, I was astonished. You would never know that she was facing a life-threatening illness. It was then that I realized my wife’s friend enjoys a special kind of peace that the Bible calls “the peace of God”. It’s a […]