How to Respond when Clunk Distracts Your Purpose

How to Respond when Clunk Distracts Your Purpose

You’ve no doubt gotten that shopping cart. You know the one. It’s that cart that has a messed up wheel and goes “clunk, clunk, clunk” as you speed down the store isles embarrassed and frustrated at your luck for having picked out a crappy, clunky shopping cart....
Why you Should Make no Room for Status Quo in Life

Why you Should Make no Room for Status Quo in Life

I often find myself thinking about what we call the “status quo” of things in life. And somewhere in that pondering, I find that I have always had a unique way of approaching it. As such, I really think, with the proper placement of awareness and prioritizing of...

Advent 2012: Mourning the Lost, Finding Home in Christ

With the news of the Connecticut school shooting still fresh in our minds, today’s devotion probably hit with greater impact than it might have otherwise done had that horrific event not occurred. The one line that reads: “Each Advent I mark the...

Small: Finding Relevance in God’s Grand Majesty – Pt. 2

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you. ~ James 4:10 ESV Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. ~ James 4:10 NIV  What do you do when you find yourself in the midst of personal turmoil? When you feel powerless, helpless and...