Devotionals

anxiety anx·i·e·ty 
n. A state of uneasiness and apprehension, as about future uncertainties. I heard a counselor say a few years ago you can tell if your focus is too far into the future by how much anxiety you are feeling. It is a great way to check where your thoughts are. If you are…

In today’s Worship Leader Devotional, we discuss rhythms, both those we can control and those we cannot. We will look at some things we can build into the rhythm of our days that will help to anchor us when things get out of sync.

I picked up a guitar for the first time around the age of 10. My oldest sister, to whom I looked up to, had started playing and it made me want to try it too. My first guitar was a junior sized, no-name, “el-cheap-o” guitar, but it did the trick for someone like me who,…

Words. We use thousands of them every day, but have we ever stopped to think about what they mean? Have we ever stepped back and looked at what we are really saying and what our words imply? It may just be a matter of semantics, but sometimes our words may be communicating things that we…

In 1981, the movie, “Chariots of Fire” was very big at the Box Office.  It won many awards and is still one of the top 100 British films of all times.  The movie is a true story of two runners who competed in the 1924 Olympics.  One of the characters, Eric Liddell, was a devout…

I am very bonded with my dog, Jake. (Which to those who know me at all is an understatement because we are shamelessly codependent!) His safety is paramount to me. His needs are important to me. I would never abandon him or put him in any danger. I LOVE my dog! One day, I took…

Have you ever just sat and marveled at the creativity of God? Giraffes have those long necks and spindly legs, Zebras have stripes, Kangaroos hop and have pouches, Catfish – well, they are just plain ugly. There are strange looking creatures in the animal kingdom. Of course, there are strange looking creatures in the human…