Has God ever told you a joke? It unexpectedly happened to me in a recent prayer meeting at our church. As we prayed, we felt challenged to lay aside our…
The most intense period of my 2019 cancer and chemo journey lasted just six months. Although it was rough, I met many people at the cancer clinic who had it…
I’m frustrated about something, and I wonder if you can help me work through it. It all goes back to two fundamental questions I have about Jesus’ Parable of the…
I was convicted as I read the final chapter of the book of Exodus recently. It's the culmination of several chapters that provide a detailed description of the furniture and…
The Lord rebuked me recently. Although loving, His message to me came as a stern word of caution. The Holy Spirit basically said, "Jim, you have a terrible tendency to…
A Word of Caution to My MAGA Friends It was an early morning prayer meeting, just one day after the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as America's 47 President. Most…
Several months ago, my friend Ron was ecstatic when he met the woman of his dreams at a Christian leadership event. "Jim," he told me at lunch one day, "meeting…
Regaining Focus in a Distracting World We live in the most distracted and unfocused generation in history. No wonder "engagement" is one of the biggest buzzwords in the corporate…
Why Are So Few People 'All In'? I love the old maxim about risk-taking, "Behold the turtle. He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out." Yet, when I…
When Regis Philbin launched "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" in the U.S. in 1999, he popularized a question I’ve always found intriguing. Whenever a contestant gave their response to…
In college I had a friend named Keith who came from a very legalistic church background. He believed you could become so "sanctified" that you’d never sin again—but if you…
As almost everyone knows, faith is an indispensable key to getting your prayers answered (Matthew 9:29). But when you look at the stories of men and women of faith throughout…