These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life on. If you work these words into your life, you are like a smart carpenter who built his house on solid rock. Rain poured down, the river flooded, a tornado hit—but… Read More
Flashbulb Moment #7
Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. Isaiah 40:26 (NIV)* Growing up in Florida, the space industry was rather an ordinary trade. While the exploration… Read More
Flashbulb Moment #6
The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners. Isaiah 61:1 (NIV) I can’t wear a bracelet for long. I don’t like the jiggle jangle… Read More
Flashbulb Moment #5
God doesn’t miss a thing— he’s alert to good and evil alike. Kind words heal and help; cutting words wound and maim. Proverbs 15:3-4 (The Message) Some of my earliest childhood memories are of crossing Tampa Bay on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. The first span of the bridge was completed four years before I was born; as an eleven year… Read More