Main Scripture Passage:  “Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things from your law.” Psalm 119:18 Related Scripture:  Ecclesiastes 3:1-9Something we say often is “it’s a season.”  Having two young g...  Read More

The Protection of the ShepherdMain Scripture Passage: Psalm 18:1-2 “I love you, Lord, my strength. 2The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shie...  Read More

Main Scripture Passage:  “Rejoice in the Lord always.  I will say it again, Rejoice!”  Philippians 4:4 It is as if Paul is pleading with his own heart, telling himself, “I will say it again, Rejoice!”...  Read More

Have you ever stopped to think about the origin of New Year’s ResolutionsIn consulting w/ “The Great Google” it’s purported that New Year’s Resolutions date back over 4000 years ago to ancient Babylon...  Read More

Main Scripture Passage:  Philippians 4:11b-13  “…for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned t...  Read More

Main Scripture Passage:  “Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10a  Related Scripture Passages: Psalm 37:7a and Zechariah 2:13a  As a number of my friends and acquaintances were retiring, I aske...  Read More

Related Scripture Passages:  For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.”  1 Thessalonians 4:7 “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have li...  Read More

Be StillThere is a gameshow called Password.  If you’re not familiar with it there are two teams of two competing against each other and the object is an individual attempts to guess a word while his/...  Read More

Look Up.  Two simple words that can carry so much meaning.I’m very much a morning person.  I generally don’t sleep past 5:30 regardless of what time I hit the sack.  In fact as I write this it is 5:05...  Read More

Regrets, We All Have SomeMr Bob Ebeling was a NASA engineer associated w/ the space shuttle. He had concerns about the atmospheric temperatures at the Cape when the Challenger was launched in 1986. He...  Read More

B2B  In the spring of ’99, I was in the middle of my second overseas deployment when one day I received a call from Colonel Richard Stocchetti who was assigned to the Office of Inspector General (IG),...  Read More