Discovering the Mystery of Who I Am in Christ
I just turned 40 this week. The big 4-0. But, I still remember a conversation from a decade ago that I had on my 30th birthday with my hair stylist. I took my Bible in to read while having my hair highlighted. They make you sit for like 20 minutes with those highlight foils in …
Continue reading "Praying the Psalms~Psalm 15- When Christians Hurt You."
Today, March 29th, 2016 I had a hard time waking up. I've been through a busy stretch of days that have kept me working late and getting up early. As I sat numbly in the car on the way to work, I couldn't even really taste my coffee. I tried to listen to a broadcast …
The angry atheists I have met...the really angry ones, are not atheists because they hate the idea of the existence of God. Most of them, no matter how nice I am or how reasonable, quickly descend from haughty comments of condescension to childish attacks such as, "You probably believe in the Easter Bunny and Santa …
Continue reading "Praying the Psalms~Psalms 14 What God says about the atheist."
From the time I was a small child, my parents, Mike and Jeanne Dean taught me these biblical principles of forgiveness that have allowed me to walk in freedom through very difficult and dark places. God has victory for the believer in Jesus. There is no hurt too deep, there is no mountain too high …
Continue reading "Praying the Psalms~ Psalm 13 Finding Healing"
The nation was at the top of it's power. More power, more beautiful buildings, more international recognition and influence. The leader was charismatic. The people were living in the hey-day of the dream. There was prosperity everywhere and hope everywhere. No one even dared war against the nation that God blessed and prospered. The leader …
It's a circus out there! I say that with humor, because honestly you have to have a little humor unless you want to be perpetually depressed by the state of the world...or even more serious...the state of the church. This blog will be short, but hopefully will give you some eye-opening instruction on how to …
Continue reading "Praying for truth in a world of deception."
Dear Heart, I am writing to you, inspired that somewhere out there someone else would need the same encouragement I have needed and longed for during times of brokenness. I know that no one knows how you feel, exactly. Who could know the weight of every burden and the haunting of every cold fear? But, …
Do you ever get tired of being lied to? Yeah. Me, too. In fact, it seems that more than ever in my life I catch people in flat-out lies. Not exaggerations. Not misunderstandings. Lies. The political campaigns are full of trashy lies and even those who aren't lying are pulled into the twistings of the …
Continue reading "Praying the Psalms~ Psalm 12 Liar! Liar! Pants on fire!"
If the foundations are destroyed, what are the righteous to do? Here is a verse from Psalm 11 that is famously quoted over and over of late. This Psalm seems to speak to a time and a people who feel like their society is falling apart. There is no apparent place to go, except, "Run …
Do you ever wonder why evil people flourish and seem to face no consequences for their actions? David mulls over this question as he prays to The Lord. Let us follow his example with our prayers! God is not afraid of difficult questions and he answers us when we pray and when we read his …
