You’ve probably been to a children’s Christmas play. I’ve heard of one reenactment where the little innkeeper just couldn’t stand turning Joseph and Mary away. Still, knowing he had to stay true to his lines he said: “There is no room for you in the Inn.” But then he added: “Wait! You can have my room.” […]

Jonah knew the right thing to do, yet he did what he wanted instead and paid the price.  You know the suffering he endured as a result. Have some of the financial decisions made in the past few years been more of what we wanted rather than what God wanted?  Is the stress we feel […]

I am no longer on track to retire. My retirement account values are down 30%. My business is struggling. Revenues are down by more than 50%. I hear myself crying out like Peter in Matthew 14: 30 – Lord, save me! And Jesus’ response? “O you of little faith. Why do you doubt?” And the truth […]

Is your world upside down? Lost your job or at least, pay half of what it was? Investment and Retirement accounts 30% less than they were a year ago? House not worth what you owe on it? Wish things could go back to be like they were pre-recession? Jeremiah exhorts us to think of it no […]

The parable of the fig tree in Luke 13: 6-9 reads like a ‘do it or else!’ message, like a parent must deliver to a disobedient child sometimes. Could it be that if we are disobedient to His commands, and selfish with the gifts He’s given us, we may get the axe reserved for that fig tree? […]