Step Into Significance

As much as I hate to admit it, I have a habit of losing focus. My mind often drifts, leaving me unaware of my surroundings. One of my worst focus failures occurred at my son’s baseball game. My aunt had joined me for the game, and we’d both grown hungry, so we made a trip […]

One of my life’s greatest regrets occurred when I was a new Christian. I was training for my first year as a college baseball player when the bike I was training on broke down. I knew my dad’s cousin could fix it, so I took it to him. As we were working in the garage, […]

Restored homes have always intrigued me. It’s incredible to witness experts take a property worn and torn from centuries past and bring it back to its original state. Perhaps I love this process because it reminds me of how God works. Since the beginning, He has taken the old and made it new again. He […]

We all face trouble. Jesus told us we would. But amid that trouble, often what we need is not simply a new set of circumstances; it’s a new set of eyes. Why? Because the perspective we choose in hardship has the power to either thwart or secure our victory. Think about your life for a […]

Awhile back, I awoke in the middle of the night, thirsty. I reached over to my nightstand to grab what I thought was a water bottle. When I realized it wasn’t, I set it back down. The next morning, Tamara entered the kitchen with a broken glass figurine, along with an obvious look of distress. […]

A couple years ago, I found myself in an unexpected place. After fifty years of passionately and vigorously serving in ministry, I suddenly felt stripped of all physical strength, which depleted me of emotional strength, too. I fought day after day, week after week, just to keep my head above water, all the while doing […]

Frederick the Great, King of Prussia in the mid-1700s, once summoned the pastor of his courts asking for proof of God’s existence. The pastor thought for a minute then answered: “the Jews.” He thoughtfully asked the king to consider how God’s people had been preserved time and time again despite incessant persecution. In Psalm 77:13-14, […]

I love movies. I’ve always enjoyed watching stories come alive on screen, especially when those stories are inspiring, and even more, when they’re true. My favorite types of stories are what I call “underdog” stories. You know the kind—tales of someone fighting from the bottom, through trial after trial, to reach their dream. Perhaps I […]

Throughout my young adult years, I struggled with perfectionism. One day, while preparing a message, I felt so overcome with frustration that I bit my Bible, leaving teeth marks on the front cover. I had to buy a new one to preach with that Sunday! Thankfully, I’ve come a long way since then. It took […]

Growing up, I often viewed prayer as a last resort. Not on purpose; it was just natural for me to try figuring things out on my own first. In college I realized: prayer was not designed to be our last option. It was designed to be our first. God is a miracle-working God, and He […]