It was one of those warm summer nights in California’s Central Valley when we sat out on the patio sipping a refreshing drink and gazing at the stars and moon above. We noticed that we’d left the porch light on and the moths were doing what moths do, hovering around the light-bulb. Moths are funny…

Time is often viewed as an enemy, a ticking clock stealing away our precious hours of life, but sometimes allowing a little sand to fall through the hour glass is a good thing, especially when it comes to decision-making. We’ve all heard of buyer’s remorse, when you purchase an item too quickly without taking time…

Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my!  I always enjoyed watching the cowardly old lion in the Wizard of Oz, looking for courage. Then when Lion finally makes the trip to Emerald City, he discovers that when you pull the curtain on fear, you often find a balding old man with special effects. Fear can…

For many, the Ten Commandments are God’s list to man about what ‘not’ to do, however if you just see the 10 as a big list of do’s and don’ts then you’ve missed it. The entire Bible makes it pretty clear that we serve a relational God- “God so loved the world that he sent…

I remember when my wife and I were invited to watch a big football playoff game at a friend’s house. We were in charge of bringing the drinks. My wife began twisting the cap off of the two-litter bottle of soda when we all heard a loud POW! Before we knew it, there was soda…

I remember when I was young a new product came out called ‘Superglue’. It promised to hold anything together. Unfortunately, some people treated it like the old Elmer’s Glue’, where you can put dabs of it on your fingers and hold them together, just so you can peel it off. No so with Superglue, once…