What is love? Is it definable? Is it a feeling? A passion? Is love always romantic? The dictionary defines love as, “a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person, a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection for a parent, child, or friend, sexual desire, affectionate concern for the well-being of others, the benevolent [...]

Have you ever wanted to start life over again? I did. This is my story. I’m the third of four children. From all outward aspects, we were the average suburban family, living outside a large city in eastern Canada. But we were not a perfect family – we had our “hidden secrets,” and our “we [...]

Sometimes things hide in plain sight. When I was a kid, I never paid much attention to bus stop signs.  I was totally oblivious to their existence. But when I decided to start taking the bus I saw bus stop signs everywhere! When I actually started looking for them, I saw them on the same [...]

Success is:______. How would you fill in the blank? “That’s easy,” you might say. “Success is … for an athlete, winning the Super Bowl, the World Series, or a gold medal: for an entertainer, winning an Oscar, a Grammy, or an Emmy; for a businessperson, being a top executive with one of the Fortune 500 [...]

For Canadian bobsledder Lyndon Rush, there’s room for a little faith at the top of a bobsled run.   Hurtling down a course at speeds of up to 80 miles an hour takes faith – in your teammates, in your own skill and for Lyndon, faith in God too.  As Lyndon says in the video, “You [...]

My soul craves God.  It may sound like a cliché, but it’s true.  God loves me.  He loves you, too. Regardless of what you’ve done or what’s been done to you, God wants to be a part of your life. The best known verse in the Bible is John 3:16.  In The Message it’s translated [...]

Sure, I have dreams. Not just the kind that I experience at night, but those yearnings that keep me up at night. I have dreams and aspirations that allow me to think bigger, to live larger, to see the world through believing eyes. Admit it, you have them too.

When someone holds back in a relationship, it’s uncomfortable.   It creates uncertainty.  It makes us doubt when we desperately need to trust.  I don’t think I could love and trust God if I felt he loved me with reluctance.  It would bring out all of my insecurities.  I would wonder what I needed to do [...]

When I think of moments when God has tried to get my attention,  at first I think of times when difficult things happened. I would turn to God in a dramatic manner and seek his help in my life.    But as I think about it more,  I realize that the times he has really gotten [...]

I seek authenticity.  It’s pure and true and it makes me feel like I’m in a safe and trusting place. When there is truth, things line up with each other.  When something is true, there are facts that support it.   Truth also stands the test of time.  There is an authoritative certification that something is [...]