Do you remember just a few months ago? We were heading into a new year with bright hopes and big plans that this year would be better than the last. That was the plan wasn’t it? What happened? It feels
It is Resurrection Sunday. The pivot point of hope for the world. On Friday the hopes of all of those who had listened to Jesus, followed Jesus, and were convinced that He had to be the One–their hopes were crushed
It’s been a disastrous week…a rollercoaster of a week. What started out on a high note, showing lots of promise, ended like nobody could have ever imagined! You may be thinking that I’m talking about our current situation, but this
I heard thunder for the first time last week just as I was getting ready to go to bed and the storm rolled in. The thunder was a reminder to me that storm season, more importantly, tornado season, is just
Throughout the history of our nation we have gone through difficult times: Wars, the Great Depression, recessions, and many health scares like the one we are experiencing right now. This past week I was talking to one of our seniors
Nehemiah 3 is an interesting chapter, one of those chapters in the Bible that, at first glance, seems not to have any relevance or application for us who live in Oklahoma City in 2020. Some Bible commentaries do not even
Early in 1990, a man named Harry Myers called me. Connie and I were in Plano, Texas at the time working at First Christian Church. I didn’t know who Harry Myers was at the time, but he told me all
Prayer. What a gift and yet so many of us struggle with prayer. I’ve heard story after story of those who prayed, earnestly prayed, pleaded with God, and they didn’t get what they asked for so they stopped praying, some
Rachel Freeman had been looking forward to Wednesday, February 5, for weeks, no months. She’d worked hard during her four years of high school and her hard work had paid off. On Wednesday of this past week, Rachel was set
It has only been one week since we were together and taking one final look at Ezra. Today we are starting our new study of Nehemiah. You’ll find the two books right next to one another, Nehemiah follows Ezra, but
