It is not difficult to understand why we are often so frustrated. Take my dishwasher, for example. Some of you will immediately say that having a dishwasher already sets me amongst the richest people in the world. True, it is a wonderful convenience that many in the world never get to experience, but I am talking here about an attempt to get it fixed, the attempt to solve a problem; the attempt to see an issue, communicate with a service provider and end the relationship wi

When I was younger, I felt that I would look for God’s direction, hop on His train and then serve the passengers. I viewed it as a one-time thing: I would commit myself to His ways, and the rest would be about following Him. My days of looking for direction would be over. Well, it has been about following Him, but not in the way in which I had originally envisioned it. As I approach my 52nd birthday, my experience does not match my original expectations of oh, so many year

The serpent lied, using a good portion of truth to make it stick. His temptation forever changed the way that we first perceive God. How c