Good morning everyone: Remember waking up last Sunday morning and as soon as the mental fog cleared thinking, “It’s Easter! Christ is risen!”? What a great way to begin the day! Jesus is alive. The suffering, shame, and death of Good Friday were overshadowed by the glory of the empty tomb. But now? The picked-over…
Good morning everyone: Busy day ahead? Are there Easter dinner plans to finalize, eggs to color, maybe a little yard cleanup to take care of? Have you ever thought about what Jesus’ followers did the day before the first Easter? There was a time crunch to take the Lord’s body down from the cross and…
Good morning everyone: Remember January 1st? How are the New Year’s resolutions coming along? Maybe you set a goal of losing weight, exercising more, spending time with family, enrolling in a class, or taking up a new hobby or musical instrument. It’s fun to dream and set goals, but then reality sets in. It’s not…
Good morning everyone: Did you have a good week? Was work rewarding, school fulfilling, and family pure joy? Did you feel great, accomplish everything you wanted to, and cruise through every intersection on a green light? Probably not. None of us experiences a perfect day, let alone a week without problems. And maybe in your…
Good morning everyone: “Trust no one” was the message I came away with from a parent orientation at UWM. The faculty representative stressed to the new freshman class that they should question everything they had ever learned in order to find out for themselves what was real truth for them. He urged them to be…
Good morning everyone: Can one person make a real difference? What’s one person among hundreds in your neighborhood or millions in our nation or billions in the world? Yet how many times has one individual made a difference in your life? One competent, caring customer service rep can make your day by taking the time…
Good morning everyone: Do you ever question your own judgment? Do you look back on something you said or did and wonder, “Why?” Chances are it seemed like a good idea at the time. It seemed like a good use of time to put oil in a pan to heat up on the stove while…
Good morning everyone: Do you know where it is? Is it in a dresser drawer, a box on the top shelf of a closet, a scrap book? Or did it completely disappear years ago? I’m thinking of your baptismal certificate. Of course, far more essential to your soul’s wellbeing than the certificate is your baptism…
Good afternoon everyone: Are you a multi-tasker? Are your eyes barely open in the morning before your feet hit the floor running? Do the hours fly by because you have so much to do?….But do you ever pause to think about why you’re doing all those things? You go to school, do your chores around…
Good morning everyone: Did you have a great week? Did things come together just right at work? Did you get an A on the big test? Maybe you received some special recognition? Is it OK to be proud of the accomplishment? It’s a question believers sometimes struggle with. After all, God says, “Pride goes before…