A candy maker in Indiana wanted to make a candy that would be a witness, so he made the Christmas Candy Cane. He incorporated several symbols for the birth, ministry, and death of Jesus Christ. He began with a stick of pure white, hard candy. White to symbolize the Virgin Birth and the sinless nature [...]
Jesus Is the Reason for the Season To have JESUS is better than having Santa. Santa lives in the North Pole; JESUS is everywhere. Santa rides a sleigh; JESUS rides on the wind and walks on the water. Santa comes but once a year; JESUS is an ever-present help. Santa fills your stockings with goodies; [...]
The “W” in Christmas Each December, I vowed to make Christmas a calm and peaceful experience. Yet still, I found myself exhausted, unable to appreciate the precious family moments, and of course, the true meaning of Christmas. My son, Nicholas, was in kindergarten that year. It was an exciting season for a six year old. [...]
HAPPY THANKSGIVING to you!!! Here are a couple of verses that keep coming to my mind: Let us not grow weary in doing good for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore as we have opportunity let us do good to all people, especially to those [...]
Charles H. Spurgeon once said, "Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the windows which hope has opened." Real-life, firsthand stories of personal, Modern-Day Miracles. Now Available! The third book with a chapter about my wreck and trauma has just been released - Modern-Day Miracles, published by Destiny Image. (It's [...]
C'mon, ride the Adventure with me, and see what God says to you! Please read these two verses: "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for [...]
Last week I was talking with one of my dear relatives about all kinds of things; one of them being leadership. As all of us were talking about being courageous (one of his leadership points). And he then stopped us in our tracks with this great one-liner, "Don't be afraid to go out on a [...]
Here's something I wanted to pass along to you...it's the "hot-off-the-press" BIR Newsletter, which is, I must say, all about traumatic brain injury and how, from my perspective, God is using Baylor Rehab to rebuild lives. Happy Reading! :) A Story of Survival A traumatic brain injury patient tells her tale Motivational speaker Patti Foster [...]
As we all know so well, things in life can be really tough. They can certainly do a number on us. Everybody has a story to tell...some nuggets of life-lessons to pass on to somebody else along the journey. Situations, people, things, attitudes, etc. can put our faith to the test. Mmmm...I'm reminded of a [...]
Have you ever heard something or read something that made you scratch your head and say, "Now, what did he say? What does that mean? Hmmm...." Step into my world.... This weekend, that's exactly what happened. A dear friend emailed me a few quotes of Aiden Wilson Tozer. Ring a bell? Yeah, we know him [...]
