Ephesians 5:15-1715 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. Here are some words from of our SCW group's study of Ephesians BE RICH, by Warren Wiersbe. ...We cannot know what a day may bring forth (James 4:13-17)....

Vicky, her sister, their Mother, and I just got back from a week of traveling in central California. Didn't get through the first day without falling to my biggest weakness (sin)--anger and bitterness. Over what? Getting on the wrong road due to none of us having ever been in this area, and wrong directions given to the directionally challenged driver. As our community gr...

July 18th is an awkward day for me to say the least. It is my birthday, but it also happens to be the day that my dad passed away. I hesitated to write about it, but my wife said that maybe someone would be encouraged by it. I am hoping that is the case because despite being one of the hardest moments of my life it is also a reminder of one of the kindest things the LORD h...

I was reading about Paul and Barnabas in Acts 14 today. Here's how the account begins: "Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed." Acts 14:1 The phrase "spoke in such a way" stood out to me. What was this "way?" Whatever it was, it was effective because allot of Jews and Gr...

This past "Father's Day" I received a gift of the book lots of folks have been talking about, Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus. (interesting that this book titled, Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus would become a follow-on favorite to our study of Walking as Jesus Walked.) The study, research and insights of these authors is very expansive. Yet their stated, "goal of ...