Alan Smith reminds us that as tempting as it might be to be a bear, we have something much better in our future for us!
11/03/2007 by Alan Smith
Alan Smith tries to remind us that our goodness comes from Jesus and not from ourselves.
10/16/2007 by Alan Smith
Alan Smith reminds us that the church is the bride in this great wedding and that Jesus is the groom who deserves and should receive all the attention.
10/13/2007 by Alan Smith
Alan Smith talks about a junior high music teacher whose students didn't play.
10/06/2007 by Alan Smith
Alan Smith reminds us that our passion to find something is in direct proportion to our sense of value in that thing.
09/25/2007 by Alan Smith
Alan Smith laments the fact that discerning the time is very hard -- whether we are too hasty or too slow, but seeking God is the only way.
09/13/2007 by Alan Smith
Alan Smith reminds us of the importance of sending notes of thanks, appreciation, and encouragement and how important those are to others.
07/21/2007 by Alan Smith
Alan Smith tells the story of a wild will and how Jesus' last will and testament is far different and far better!
06/24/2007 by Alan Smith
Alan Smith shares a Leith Anderson story about going to the only perfect World Series game and how he saw it as a disappointment because his team lost and then Alan compares this to our sometimes not seeing the big picture of what is really happening when
05/24/2007 by Alan Smith
Alan Smith reminds us that we have to be moldable, to have a broken and contrite spirit if God is going to do anything with us.
05/19/2007 by Alan Smith
God calls us to be weird, different, to be like Christ who died outside the camp to help those caught inside to find his glory and grace.
04/29/2007 by Alan Smith
The Holy Spirit is God's gift to Christians, the comforter who helps us and blesses us with his presence.
03/03/2007 by Alan Smith
In a humorous teaser from comedians comes the important reminder that God is bigger!
02/25/2007 by Alan Smith
Sometimes the pleasure we get out of life has to be found in the most challenging of places.
01/27/2007 by Alan Smith
So often the people who do the most hard work get no recognition for it and we need to remedy that situation.
01/09/2007 by Alan Smith
We can continue to grow and mature and flourish if we choose to do so, even until we are quite old.
01/06/2007 by Jamie Shell & Brent Nidiffer
God's love exhausts all analogies and can only be defined by what he did in Jesus on the cross and in the manger.
12/26/2006 by Alan Smith
We get so caught up in the fluff we forget the focus of God, like justice and mercy.
12/20/2006 by Jamie Shell & Brent Nidiffer
Using something for free almost every weekend of the year for a parking lot reminds a church that they don't own what they use; we need to learn that same thing as God's children.
12/03/2006 by Alan Smith
A humorous story about undeserved inheritance reminds us of how easy it is to forget to thank God for all that he has done for us.
11/23/2006 by Alan Smith
Can we spend any special, focused, time thinking about nothing but God? It is hard, but we must learn to do so.
11/16/2006 by Alan Smith
We stand on the shoulders of giants and have the blessinmgs we have because of their sacrifices.
11/05/2006 by Alan Smith
We all need time for real, genuine, rest.
10/07/2006 by Alan Smith
God longs to help supply us with our need, just as he did with the apostles trying to feed the 5000.
10/01/2006 by Alan Smith
A duck that dances on a pot reveals the secret to shining our light and keeping our candle lit so that we can influence others.
09/24/2006 by Alan Smith