Dr. Bill Strom
Bill Strom teaches communication at Trinity Western University in Langley, BC. His research interests include marital communication and how couples speak human virtues into their marriages. Bill is married to Shelaine, a career coach, and they enjoy involvement with their three young adult sons. Bill and Shelaine live in Abbotsford, British Columbia.
Craving the Good Life
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” Proverbs 9:10 I love the word juxtaposition—to place two things or ideas side by side to see how they click and clash to make new meaning. Today two flyers came in my mail, and their juxtaposition made […] Read More >
Created, Lost, and Bought
The folks at Patheos bring together five verses highlighting God’s love and our love for others. Who owns you? http://thelife.com/DailyDevotions/created-lost-and-bought #LifeDevo “You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of human beings.” 1 Corinthian 7: 23 The story is told of a young boy taken with model ship building and the sailing of his boats on […] Read More >
Feeling Like a Bride
Share this Devo on Facebook and Twitter: Act like a bride. http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2013/10/22/feeling-like-a-bride/ #LifeDevo “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle […] Read More >
Fishing, Friends and Forgiveness
Thirty minutes from my home flows the Fraser River, a major thoroughfare for millions of migrating salmon that return each summer to spawn in its tributaries. We fishers catch them by casting long lines into quick currents, and when a 5-lb beauty hooks on, the fight can be fun and furious. So what does fishing […] Read More >
Flowers Anyone?
Do you need to talk to someone? We are here to listen. “As He was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met Him. They stood at a distance and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” When He saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the […] Read More >
Flowers Anyone?
Feeling wiped out? Worn down? Stressed to the max? If you feel like you really need prayer and someone to pray with, contact us and we will pray with you. “As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and called out in a loud voice, […] Read More >
Get to the Gym
New look coming soon! Starting next Tuesday, your devos will be coming from their new home at thelife.com (If they don’t show up in your inbox, please check your spam folder.) “…continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according […] Read More >
God is Creator, We the Created
God the Creator by John Calvin is a profound look at God’s role in creating, sustaining, and redeeming his creation, including us. “You turn things upside down, as if the potter were thought to be like the clay! Shall what is formed say to him, who formed it, ‘He did not make me’? Can the pot say […] Read More >
God is Holy
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,’ who was, and is, and is to come.” Revelation 4:8b Recently I heard someone complain about the over-use of the word “awesome”. “Let’s go out to McDonald’s for lunch” a friend poses. “Awesome!” someone responds. “Did you watch The Big Bang Theory last night?” a friend asks. “Yes, […] Read More >
God, Our Peace
Read David A. Leiter’s Neglected Voices: Peace in the Old Testament “So Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called it The Lord Is Peace.” Judges 6:24 The story of God calling Gideon to deliver his people Israel begins unceremoniously. The Midianites are bullying their way through Jewish territory routinely, taking crops, slaughtering animals, and scaring Gideon’s […] Read More >