The Mirror of Paradise

I can’t get enough of nature: silver-gold sunrises from green mountain tops, irrepressible seas with moon-powered tides, shady oak trees and striped dragonflies. Shall I go on? Not just yet. We’d be here awhile. God loves nature. It is the mirror of paradise. He made...
A Path Made Just for Me

A Path Made Just for Me

“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” (Psalm 119:105) I remember as a young boy hoping I would find a million dollars. Wherever I walked I’d imagine looking under some nearby object and finding a hidden treasure, envisioning all the while what...

When God Speaks, His Children Listen

When we say God speaks to us through a particular song, movie, or painting, we don’t mean to infer He is the one actually creating the music, acting the role, or generating the image. We recognize these are the works of poets, performers, and artists, who may or may...

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

Not long ago, I found myself to be in what can best be described as a spiritual slumber. In the film, Awakenings, Robin Williams gives a brilliant portrayal of Malcolm Sawyer, an American neurologist who discovers the benefits of a new drug, L-Dopa. He discovers that...

Looking for God in a Box

Solomon opens Ecclesiastes with a dismal pronouncement: “Everything is meaningless!” (Eccles. 1:2) After spending much of his life in pursuit of monuments, fortunes, and pleasures, his all-out effort to fabricate meaning out of his own existence failed. Fast-forward...

2013 Year End Update

Encourage to Faith Ministries 2013 Year End Update To All, “I pray You, show me your glory.” These are the plaintive words of Moses in Exodus 33:18. These words have also been my prayer in 2013, and God has wonderfully shown His glory in so many ways. This past year...