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…
When I went through a rather traumatic experience recently, I found myself reflecting on a commonly held maxim of today’s pop culture: "Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger!"…
Although I’m grateful for all the good accomplished through the Recovery Movement over the years, I get perturbed by its tendency to assign people to long-term victimhood. The philosophy seems…
If you’re like me, you have a love-hate relationship with Facebook. Yes, it provides a convenient way to keep up with my friends and let them know what I’m up…
Of all the novels I read in high school and college, perhaps the one that impacted me the most was Nathaniel Hawthorne’s famous novel, The Scarlet Letter. Set in 17th-century…
As a kid, one of my favorite stories was the one about George Washington cutting down his father’s favorite cherry tree. According to the famous legend, when George was about…
If you’re like me and watch too much TV news, you are probably getting quite tired of the phrase "boots on the ground." In nearly every speech the past few…