“Dispute” Have you ever noticed that from toddler years on up that disagreement quickly escalates into dispute? Did you ever consider that this escalation happens without any training or encouragement? No parent that I know has ever sat down with their child and coached them like this. “No Billy, Henry is coming over to play…. [ Read the rest of this Entry ]

“Waiting” There’s two kinds of waiting. The first can drive you crazy. The second can give you peace. The first kind can be a waste of time. The second kind of waiting is a great investment of time. The first kind of waiting is the kind that happens in traffic jams, at traffic lights and… [ Read the rest of this Entry ]

“Palms” If you want to show your support for your favorite team, what would you do? Here in Gainesville, home of the Gators, it is not uncommon to observe a T-shirt sea of orange and blue in the stadium. It lets you know you’re playing in “The Swamp.” The color theme is carried through with… [ Read the rest of this Entry ]

“Secure” Picture yourself standing in front of the mirror in the privacy of your bedroom or your bathroom. As you stand there naked, what do you see? Who do you see? How does it make you feel? It’s very likely most of us will be “insecure” about what we see. Except for the small percentage… [ Read the rest of this Entry ]

“Desires” The question is, “Does God give you what you want?” Let me throw in another question just like it. “Do your really want God to give you what you want?” Consider Psalm 37.4, “Delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” So…it seems like God does promise to… [ Read the rest of this Entry ]

“Justice” He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? -The Prophet Micah (6.8) This is a quote from a seldom heard from book of the Bible, the prophet Micah. The purpose of his prophetic… [ Read the rest of this Entry ]

“Vision” There’s no question of the danger of walking in the dark. There’s no question about the difficulty blind people have in making their way on unfamiliar paths. What’s less clear, but just as dangerous, is what happens when people with no spiritual vision try to make their way in the world. The truth is… [ Read the rest of this Entry ]

“Provoking” In recent weeks there was a video on FB that went viral. After a Dad discovered his daughter’s inappropriate rant about her parents on FB, the Dad recorded his retort and concluded the video by unloading 10 rounds of a handgun into the daughter’s laptop. When I was growing up, there was a Dad… [ Read the rest of this Entry ]

“Curses!” There once was a teenage girl that cursed her friend over the phone loud enough for her mother to hear in the next room. When the mom looked at her with a corrective scorn she said, “It’s not like all I do is swear. It’s just when I want to make a point.” The… [ Read the rest of this Entry ]

“Abba” The first time I heard an adult use this kind of language to describe her Dad I was quite taken back. I thought she was kidding around with me; being silly. But before I laughed inappropriately I caught myself because she was clearly serious. When describing her father each time she used the word,… [ Read the rest of this Entry ]