Do My Words Really Matter?

Why do words carry such significance? I tell you, on the day of judgement people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words will you be justified, and by your words you will be condemned. Matthew 12:26-27 ESV Assuming responsibility for...

Hospitality

A major airline recently revealed that the seats in economy class would be placed closer together. I thought the seats were already too tight. Of course, the airline that made that announcement is the airline I most frequently fly. Sometimes the hospitality industry...

Responding in the Present

A friend once said that many times she thinks so far ahead and worries so much about what might happen in the future that she misses the joys and opportunities presented to her in the "here and now." I too fall prey to this same thinking pattern. ...

Drudgery or Joy?

Life is difficult!  At times nothing seems easy. In fact, it can become drudgery – menial tasks, the toils of everyday life, the pain and the “why me” situations. Yet I read that  …the joy of the LORD is your strength.(Nehemiah 8:10...