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There’s a familiar biblical account about burdens, although you might not recognize it that way. Even many non-Christians are familiar with the story in general terms. It’s the story of two brothers, Cain and Abel. God made Cain the gardener/farmer, and Abel was the rancher/keeper of the flocks and herds. They offered a sacrifice to God. Abel’s was accepted, and Cain’s was not. It wasn’t the...

We have all made promises, some we have kept and others we have broken, for reasons, good, bad, and unknown. The Lord made many promises throughout the Scriptures, and God’s promises are never broken. We all know people whose promises are not dependable. Their word is less than trustworthy, and you can almost count on them not keeping it. The Scriptures are full of verses...

Yesterday, as I stood in the backyard barbequing, I had my Merlin app recording in the background. It picked up the sound of a bird that seemed out of place. I had never even heard of this bird. I thought, improbable, it must be a mistake, but it picked it up repeatedly and this time I heard it as well. It was a dunlin, a type of...

Star filled skies reminded me of the power of prayer over darkness

We have all heard the theme from the television series Star Trek, “Space. The Final Frontier…” This morning I want to deal with the real final frontier … death. Or is it? For many people, death is a taboo subject. We avoid it. We are afraid of it. We institutionalize it so that we don’t have to see it. Yet death is part of life,...

When I was growing up, we used to play hide and seek outdoors after dark. It added a new element to the game. Hiding was much easier, and seeking was much harder. The shadows and darkness offered wonderful new places to hide from view. One time, we played using flashlights. When the person who was “it” shone their light on you, you were out. That...