DEVOTIONS

Earlier this year we had a decent amount of snow for our small part of North Carolina. Whereas snow like that in other parts of the world would not impact anything, for us in the Iredell County region, it pretty much shut everything down for a ...

How do you see the world? Do you take in the sights? The sounds? Are you experiencing the world as it is? While we may think we are truly seeing things as they are, the truth is we only see things the way our minds/brains want us to. We see ...

It most likely isn’t exactly the norm for us to “think” about “thinking.” Thinking just happens . . . scientists say that on average, we have between 50,000 and 70,000 thoughts per day. Of those thoughts, approximately 80% are negative. You ...

It will undoubtedly be the most expensive 5k ever. Last year when Tom was training for his triathlon, he found it necessary to compel/guilt me into doing a 5k because I was quick to suggest training mandates, but certainly not quick to get out ...

What do batteries, electric lights, electric power, phonographs and sound recording, cement, motion pictures, and the pneumatic stencil pen (an ancestor to the modern tattoo gun) all have in common? They were invented by Thomas Edison. To say ...

The good news is, hey! You actually read what I write! I wish I could say that I whip out the devotions in 5 – 10 minutes. Sometimes they flow easily, other times it takes a long time for the words to come to life on a screen. Thus, there are ...

According to the latest news article, nineteen children and two teachers are dead. This morning, hundreds of people are reeling, their lives forever changed, because a young man chose to exercise an act of evil out of some deep dark place in ...

When we began this message series on “The End of Times/Revelation,” I had no idea what the weeks would be about, nor how the series would end. Honestly, whereas most message series are planned out months ahead of time, for some series, even ...

. . . It's the best way to have a real picture made! Did that make you open this message because we referenced taking things off? Ha! It's a different meaning of taking things off! Yesterday’s message centered around that idea and how our lives CAN change if we are mindful about that which we see AND that which we believe.

Sometimes in life, we face situations that cause us to question and doubt. We wonder if God exists and is good, then why does life end up working out the way that it does. We ask questions. “Where are you, God? Why am I having to walk this particular path of the journey?” We wait for answers. “Show yourself, God. If you love me, reveal yourself to me.”

Do you ever find yourself humming? You know, putting your lips together and with your mouth closed, making music sounds. According to Wikipedia, a hum is when a sound is made by producing a wordless tone with the mouth closed, so the sound is forced to emerge from the nose. It can also be called phonation or vibration.