I baked cookies today for the first time in awhile. Baking is also thinking time and it takes time to bake dozens of cookies. We have questions about God and prayer. How is God answering those prayers? Has he forgotten about you or is His answer different than you planned for. Today I also mailed…

I don’t often write about food but a churro, to me, is filled with happy memories, not cream. A churro is a type of fried dough from Spanish and Portuguese cuisine and is pastry dough piped into hot oil from a star tip piping bag. Afterwards there is a generous sprinkling of sweetness – sugar…

I have been commissioned. Reading Acts 1:1-9, Jesus left this earth on a high and important note. Verse eight reads, “but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of…

God is still pursuing us. We love to describe Him as a loving God because love covers a multitude of sins. That lends a feeling of safety regarding the places in our lives where we miss the mark – called sin. I John 3:1 reads, “What great love the Father has lavished on us, that…

I attended a Mission Fest Conference in Bellevue, WA, last week end. There were enough seminars to last a year so I had to be choosey. What were the keynote speakers addressing? There were several mentions that 2033 will be the 2000 year anniversary of Jesus call to us to go everywhere. We have ten…

I don’t know which day of the week is best for reflection. Today is a Sunday and I’m pensive. So here it is – a barrage of thoughts from me and others I’ve been listening to. God has two sides Bye bye my sins. Is God forgetful or full of mercy? There are six things…

There is no backdoor to Heaven. I cannot say for sure but anticipate many surprises in that future. There is one key to the door, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved”, Rom 10:13. Years ago a couple of friends set out with a plan to view a drive-in movie….

Wishing is present in me. I love how that sounds but what about an outcome? My Mother had underlined Rom 7:18-25 in red. I haven’t seen anything else with red in her old Bible. She passed in 2008 and I miss her. She led me to the Lord when I was five years old. Verse…

Returning to teaching on Identity from Carolyn Ros. People pursue meaning, satisfaction, freedom, identity, and hope. 2 Tim 1:7, “For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline”. That is our identity. We are His workmanship, appointed, known, formed, searched, renewed, comforted, called, measured, directed, crafty, found,…

I can’t keep every book I like or even love. I’m breaking from YWAM study notes to a few notes on a book by Darlene Cunningham. She and Loren, recently deceased, founded the movement birthing short-term ministry trips. Youth With A Mission or YWAM has thousands of well-trained people. This missions movement has effectively grown…