Courageous faith stands taller than, wider than, and deeper than any faith I’ve experienced. Although I don’t fully understand it, I recognize it when I see it. Courageous faith seems to emerge out of the darkest places. It rises up above wild angry seas. it surfaces from tumultuous rapids and within the flames […]
Category Archives: Courage
For Our Good
The belief that things will eventually work out for good can certainly provide a level of peace to our life. It allows the difficult moments to roll off our back in the hope things will eventually get better – or be good. But when circumstances begin to pile up and our comfort is challenged, […]
Live Like Sion
The ocean has claimed its share of ambitious surfers. Some victims learned tough and lasting lessons simply by underestimating its strength. Others spend a lifetime respecting and conquering waves – then one day, by no fault of their own, they paddle out for the last time – forever remembered as one who loved the sea. […]
Courage at Sunset
“Courage is grace under pressure” Ernest Hemingway “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid, for God is with you; he will never leave you” Deut. 31:6 Sometimes courage seems to appear in sporadic doses while at other times a daily dose of courage is the only way to face the day. […]
Boston
Darkness Cannot Extinguish His Light Shortly after publishing my blog this morning I turned on the news. Like the rest of the nation I sat frozen in front of my TV digesting gruesome images from the Boston Marathon bombing. Once again our nation grieves. We drape our hearts with mourning cloth and […]