It is not a secret that our country is greatly divided, distressed, and in debt. It is not the first time, though. Even when Abraham Lincoln was president, t...

If you have ever read the story of Sir Ernest Shackleton's effort to cross the Antarctic Ocean on the ship called Endurance, you would have to agree that it ...

As Hurricane Ike roared across the island of Gilchrist, Texas, just off the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, a 14-foot wall of water washed away the homes, churc...

There is a tendency in all of us to focus too much on what others have done to us so that we no longer see what we have done, what we can do, or what God wan...

When we are going through difficulties, sometimes it is hard to discern who is behind it. We often become over-wrought wondering whether it is the devil’s ha...

How did you receive the Lord? Did you do anything that merited His acceptance of you? Not likely. As Christians we tend to add so many things to our salvati...

In Matthew 13, Jesus said that the sower went forth to sow. It was his responsibility to sow, but he was not responsible for what happened after that. It is ...

Our home is surrounded by apple orchards. One winter I noticed how many of the trees still had apples on them even though the New York winters can be harsh w...

In terms of spiritual stability, one of the biggest mistakes I tend to make, and see others making, is concluding that our feelings are true. If we feel it, ...

It is not the big things in life that create stress for me, so much as the compounding pressure of all the little things. Jesus gave His disciples a revelati...

There was a time when I would never have admitted to myself that I was depressed—even though I was—just because I was too prejudiced against the word to expl...

Here is a list of things that I use on retreats in order to evaluate how well I am doing. These are not in order of importance, but focus on a range of areas...

As we enter into spring, many of us fine it necessary to do some extra cleaning around the place. I doubt that many people actually like doing this, but once...

The Lord spoke through Isaiah about the people of God, saying, For as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people… (Isaiah 65:22). We are like a tr...

Recently I shared some of my meditations from the verse, “For as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people (Isaiah 65:22). The other half if this...

We live in a bountiful part of New York, with lots of fruit trees and vineyards dotting the rolling hills of the Finger Lakes region. Immigrants come here an...

In the first two chapters of my book “Welcome to the Wilderness, I took time to establish how the wilderness is a place of subtraction and addition, a place ...

During his forty-nine months as President, most of which took place during a time when this country was at war with itself, Abraham Lincoln issued nine separ...