Do you think God has more important things to do than be concerned about the details of your life? Recently a friend shared that early in his Christian pilgrimage he was bothered when people would ask for prayer over something he considered small, like the sale of a house. He reasoned that God expected us to take care of those things, He had bigger fish to fry. But as he has matured in his faith his view of God and prayer have changed. (Read More)

If you’ve spent any time on the Lighthouse Ministries website, you’ve seen the beautiful photography of Steve Browne.  While browsing Steve’s Flickr site the other day, I discovered this little guy.  Isn’t he cool?  What an awesome creator our God is!

Have you ever thought, “I’ll rest after I finish this.”  Of course, if you finish it, there is something else to take its place.  This weekend Larry and I went to the IMAX cinema to view Van Gogh, a Stroke of Genius.  The photography and his paintings were magnificent.  The message I gained was a powerful reminder of the need for rest and balance.  Vincent Van Gogh was a genius painter, but lived a life out of balance.   Depleted, exhausted and lonely at the age of 37 he went out into one of his favorite fields for painting and put a bullet through his chest.  He died a couple of days later.

The last months of his life he painted two-three paintings a day!  I can just imagine him reasoning that “I must finish this one before the light changes,” or “I can’t stop until I get this idea on canvas.” (Read More)