I enjoy photographing birds. I especially like to capture them in flight.Often when I'm out watching birds, I have a powerful telephoto lens on my camera. I can zoom in on a bird from relatively far away and capture a stunning image of God's creation.Sometimes, from...
One sunny Saturday afternoon in St. Louis, Missouri, near my 10th birthday, the doorbell rang, and my dad did two things I had never seen him do before: He got up from his recliner and answered the door.My sister and I looked at each other in full-on shock and awe....
Around the age of 20, I discovered the best keyword tool on earth. And it has nothing to do with Google searches. Keep reading and I'll reveal it.To improve my search engine optimization skills, I've been re-studying the use of keywords for the last several weeks....
Leaders must make decisions in the midst of uncertainty.We rarely possess enough time, facts or prophetic input to bring certainty to a course of action. Effective leaders seek first to understand. They work hard to consider every possible outcome of the pending...
I submitted a theme in an English Composition class one day in which I described watching a house burn down. I received a Pavlovian reward in the form of an A, but a question my teacher posed disturbed me:"Does a house burn up or burn down?"That question burned me up...
I had the privilege to interview Robert J. Morgan last week in our studio. His grandson Luke was with him, and we had a divine appointment to discuss his new book, The Jordan River Rules. My time with Morgan propelled me back into his bestselling book, 100 Bible...
In Joseph Mattera's book, The Jesus Principles (available here at a 50% discount), he asks seven questions to help readers determine if their walk with God is fully directed or set adrift. Because I feel the book makes a powerful impact on living and working in the...
Check your frustration levels.Sometimes we all feel as though we are drifting through our work, our relationships and our spiritual walk. Some of us haven't recovered from the multiple impacts caused by COVID.Things simply feel harder. Progress comes with more...
True revival is on the way.As a pastor, I've said it.As a believer, I see it.As a publisher, I read about it in issues of Charisma like this one and on our online outlets. Here, you'll find many fascinating stories of pockets, movements, even waves of revival breaking...
"Then He came and found them sleeping and said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Could you not keep watch one hour?" (Mark 14:37).I don't pray enough.I came to this startling conclusion after a recent binge-watching experience. There was nothing wrong with the show,...
It seems so long ago that my wife and I ministered in parking lots in the Baton Rouge area with our newly launched church. At age 19, married and on fire for Jesus, we joined a church team and spent Saturdays asking grocery shoppers if they knew Jesus. There, God...
It was only a five-minute encounter. But that brief meeting changed my life.I've written before about Dr. Charles Green and what I now know was our divine appointment. It happened when his son Michael and I, both 17-year-old high school seniors, made a quick stop by...
We make a subtle choice when we enter a meeting. We choose unity or division by our words and body language. Pause for a moment to consider how Christ would join our meeting. We don't have to stretch too far to understand the impact of that question.Add this verse to...
We make a subtle choice when we enter a meeting. We choose unity or division by our words and body language. Pause for a moment to consider how Christ would join our meeting. We don't have to stretch too far to understand the impact of that question.Add this verse to...