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.
Keep Hanging Out
Share this Devo on Facebook and Twitter: I worship God on the golf course about as well as I golf at church. http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2013/10/17/keep-hanging-out #LifeDevo “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing….” (Hebrews 10: 24-25) This […] Read More >
Looking Down the Lane
Share this Devo on Facebook and Twitter: God longs to see us coming home. http://thelife.com/DailyDevotions/looking-down-the-lane #LifeDevo “’But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.’” Luke 15:20 The story of the father with two sons […] Read More >
Loving Work Enough to Rest
Read Loving Work: A Spiritual Guide to Finding the Work We Love and Bringing Love to the Work We Do Can you rest? http://thelife.com/dailydevotions/loving-work-enough-to-rest #LifeDevo “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 The writer of Ecclesiastes reminds us that life comes in cycles: Sometimes we weep but later laugh, […] Read More >
My Easter Identity
Read The Message of the Resurrection: Christ Is Risen! Who ARE you? http://thelife.com/dailydevotions/my-easter-identity #LifeDevo “He [Jesus] told them [the disciples]: ‘This is what is written. The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.” Luke 24:46-47 […] Read More >
Not Against Flesh and Blood
Help the little guy! http://thelife.com/dailydevotions/not-against-flesh-and-blood #LifeDevo “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” Ephesians 6:12 When I was growing up the words of Paul in Ephesians 6:12 were generally valued for […] Read More >
Palms-up Fishing
Bob Goff’s book Love Does discusses palms-up living in Chapter 31. You can buy it here. “Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.” Psalm 62:5 Recently I had the opportunity to live in the Greater Toronto Area, a place I had never fished before. So when I arrived at the river I went for […] Read More >
Passport Please
Searching for meaning to existence? We want to pray for you. “Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator” (Colossians 3:9-10). A few years ago I put […] Read More >
Passport Please
Do you struggle with your identity in Christ? If you would like someone to talk with about it, contact an online mentor. “Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image […] Read More >
Plan to be Home
Read Douglas Connelly‘s book Heaven: Finding Our True Home. “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.” John 14:3 Every fall the college I attended celebrates homecoming. And each year I receive an invitation to join them for […] Read More >
Plans Like None Other
“‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,’” declares the Lord.” Isaiah 55:8 Every summer my work looks pretty much the same. As a university professor and part-time administrator my May means putting away the curriculum, reflecting on courses that went well (or not) and why, and assessing research of professors […] Read More >