Life's Important Stuff

The journey IS the destination

“The question of getting to a particular end is a mere incident. What we call the process God calls the end.” Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest, July 28 We are so goal-oriented in our culture. It seems like I am always looking for some destination or another – some benchmark that denotes my

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All noble things are difficult

“Thank God He does give us difficult things to do…[they] test us for all we are worth…God’s grace turns out men and women with a strong family likeness to Jesus Christ, not milksops.” – Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest, July 7 On more than one occasion, I have heard somebody say, “Why does

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Looking for justice in an unjust world

“Never look for justice in this world, but never cease to give it” – Oswald Chambers, My Utmost of His Highest, June 27. It seems to me that to be a true follower of Jesus means to accept the fact that I am going to be treated badly, partly because of what I believe, by

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Our team from 2009.  Kids from all over the U.S. working together to make a better home for the needy of Jamaica.

Lessons learned through helping others

I recently returned from my second mission trip to Jamaica and wanted to tell you about my experiences there. If I could live anywhere else but Colorado, it would be Jamaica. There are many reasons I feel so strongly, but most of them I can’t really put into words. There are two things, though that

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