I remind our writers each Monday morning we are people of words. I encourage them to write about those hard things: things they can’t reveal, because they hurt too much to think about them, much less write about them. I’ve heard the writers say they are working on a story or a memoir that’s hard to process and it brings pain into their consciousness. So, they stop writing. When I read this scripture this week, I went bonkers. Why? Because I got a glimpse of how God sees us in our real condition.…

Is this where we’ve come? I’ve heard some of my peers voice their disappointment in life. Life didn’t turn out how they expected. Did they see it coming at them, hitting them in the face with reality? No. But they are exactly where they need to be in the next stage of their lives, good, bad or indifferent. I looked out over a group of writers, two-thirds between 60 and 95 years of age. In their lifetime, they have hit some high watermarks. They’ve stolen the limelight, influenced others in thei…

I stood before our writers’ group and asked them if they remembered when we first met nine years ago. We talked about having a voice in our writing. None of us knew what that meant or how our voices sounded on paper. I remember saying then, “Start writing and you will discover your voice.” It was true, but today I’ve changed my mind. It’s not your voice you bring, it’s your life you bring to your pen and paper. It’s not the gift of voice you’re sharing, but the gift of breathing and living. Not …

My goodness. Our world needs hope. Hope comes from our faith in the Lord. We need hope to anchor our souls when changing winds blow nonsense through our lives, to keep us sound when the world is talking stupid. Hebrews 11:3 (TPT) reads, “By the power of God’s words … He spoke and the invisible realm gave birth to all that is seen.” God created days filled with opportunities, with hope and with purpose. He created us to walk through these days with intention even if they seem full of nonsense. O…

Four years ago Dave Slade’s first book, The Christ Virus climbed to #3 in 2020 after predicting a pandemic 8 years before it happened. What is just as amazing is the president in the story, elected in 2016, was a wealthy Republican from New York. He narrowly survived an assassination attempt during a re-election speech. Slade has just released a new book, We are the last generation. He presents compelling evidence, from the words of Jesus, that we are the generation that will witness the beginni…

This morning, I read “Enlightenment is the light shining in the window from the other side of the room.” I told my Sweet Al this is a wow statement. “I could make a sermon out of this. What do you think it means?” “When I look out the window and see a deer, I’m enlightened to shoot it.” Oh me, not quite what I had in mind. The light escaped him. He was clearly on the other side of the room, so to speak. I continued. “I’ve been invited to be a guest on a blogtalk radio station. The show is … de…