by Kevin Murray | May 18, 2026 | Challenges, Encouragement
I visited my elderly uncle recently in the nursing home where he now lives. Dementia has dimmed much of the sharpness that once made him such a captivating man to be around. There was a time when his wit was quick, his observations deep and clever, and conversation...
by Kevin Murray | Mar 11, 2025 | Challenges, Daily Journey, Encouragement
“And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith” (Hebrews 12:2). Run? What, with these knees? When I was a child I couldn’t wait to be all “growed-up,” for some reason I...
by Kevin Murray | May 1, 2024 | Challenges, Encouragement
At times, unpredictable to me, throughout my Christian pilgrimage, occasionally doubt comes to my mind like a cloud crosses in front of the sun. I don’t panic: “Oh no! Where’d you go this time, Lord?” I’ve learned that the “light of the world” (John 8:12) is always...
by Kevin Murray | Feb 21, 2024 | Challenges, Life Lessons
I am walking through the loss of my cherished dog, Tracker. I realize with each loss in life the losses don’t get easier; they get tougher. That’s because the preciousness of every second of life is not as often lost on me as it once was. I know that God will cause...
by Kevin Murray | Feb 7, 2024 | Challenges, Life Lessons
My beloved dog died last week. I know many of you can relate to the grief I’m feeling, having lost your own precious pets. I wrote the following chapter in the book Encourage to Faith some years ago. I thought it an appropriate homage to Tracker Boy… I...
by Kevin Murray | Aug 16, 2023 | Challenges, Encouragement
A friend sent me a video recently of a young man singing his heart out. This YouTube-instant-sensation, plain-speaking, country boy comes out of the Appalachian woods and out of musical obscurity to sing—to wail really, to plead his case from his stripped down,...
