Exodus 16:1-17 {Prayer} The season of Advent is a sacred time of anticipation and preparation. It’s a season of comings and goings, of traveling to visit loved ones, to return to places and people to whom we feel a belonging to. Songs of the season speak of these travels in joyous language. “Over…
Exodus 15:1-18 {Prayer} If you buy a lottery ticket, what are the odds that you will win a multi-state power-ball jackpot? About 1 in 292.2 million. If you play football in high school, what are the odds of playing in the NFL? About 1 in 10,000. Those are about the same odds as…
Exodus 34:1-8 {Prayer} Jimmy Wayne learned to never trust a soul. That’s why he never unpacked his bag. And who can blame him? Jimmy Wayne never knew his father. His mother spent more time in jail than out of jail. When he was a small child, his mother got out of jail again…
Exodus 32:1-14 {Prayer} Traveling through Nebraska one wintery yet spring like evening, Jessica and I came upon a vehicle on the side of the road. As we slowly drove by, it looked like they needed some help. So we decided that we since we were on our way home and it was kind…
Exodus 17:1-7 {Prayer} When we don’t get enough water, we confuse our thirst for hunger. What happens when we do that? We eat. We eat when we don’t need to eat. And what does that mean for us? We gain weight. When we don’t get enough water, we also become tired, dizzy,…
Exodus 14:1-29 {Prayer} Try to picture this. The National Youth Gathering youth and leaders, about 25 people in all, are flying on Southwest to New Orleans. As the Boeing 737 starts taxing down the runway, the youth start flapping their arms like a bird. The flight attendants come along and are like “What…
Exodus 3:1-14 {Prayer} What do you want to change in your life? Maybe a bad habit? A bad relationship? A bad attitude? A bad situation? Or maybe a bad decision? What is it that you look at and say, “This just isn’t right. It’s got to change!”? We live in a society…
Exodus 15:1-18 {Prayer} In a cemetery in Hanover, Germany, there is a tomb which is known as the “opened grave”. It is the tomb of a noblewoman, Henriette von Ruling, who died in 1782. Her tomb, her above ground vault is immense and is constructed of heavy stone with a large and imposing…
Exodus 16:1-12 {Prayer} I hate going to the eye doctor. It’s not because of the “which is better, a or b?” kind of questions. As much as I don’t like things touching my eye, even the little tapping pressure machine isn’t that bad. The thing I hate about the eye doctor are things like…
Exodus 20:17 Dear Friends in Christ, The human body…a subject that I have to confess has fascinated me ever since I took an anatomy and physiology course in college. It is a masterpiece of intelligent design. It is amazing how all of its different parts – heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, muscles, bones, nerves, skin,…