Never Too Old or Too Wise

II Chronicles 3:3a Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed… Have you ever been the smartest person in the room? Yeah, me neither. Even when I was a counselor with elementary-age campers in my cabin at camp I don’t know if I ever felt like I was...

If You Won’t Rule, Chaos Will

Proverbs 6:20 My son, keep thy father’s commandment and forsake not the law of thy mother Did your parents have rules for you when you were growing up? My parents did, but I have to be honest, there weren’t a lot of them. We had specific guidance, so we knew what was...

You Lighten Your Load

I Chronicles 29:14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? For all things come of thee, and of thine own hand have we given thee It seems to me there are two kinds of travelers in this world. There is the...

The Only Solid Ground

Proverbs 14:29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly Recently I read in the news about a home whose backyard had basically disappeared, at least a good part of it. It had just sunk into the earth and...

A Good Heart is Not Enough

Proverbs 7:5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. Can a good kid get into trouble? Yes. Can a child harm himself? Yes. Could a child with a good heart play in the road and get hit by a car? The tragic...