King David knew a secret that many of us forget. He was stressed and feeling like  a fence about to fall over after hurricane winds. So he talked to himself. David reminded himself of certain truths. In the midst of enemies attempting to dethrone him, he reaffirmed to his entire...

When I was in school, we touched briefly on a concept in Psychology called “Cognitive Dissonance.” It has broad-ranging implications, but the basic idea is that, as people, we often hold contradictory ideas in our heads and act in ways to alleviate the dissonance or the differences between those ideas....

One of the fun items that we have in the children’s ministry area uses different colored magnetic shapes. With these prismatic, translucent tiles, a myriad of structures can be built. The kids can build houses, horse stables, or Bible scenes. If they can dream it up, it can be built...

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” are words attributed to Irish novelist, Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, in her novel Molly Bawn. “Beautiful!” That word captures our response to a number of different experiences. There are times when that word might pass through our lips as we view a stunning visual...

There are things each and every one of us gets used to that can seem strange to other people. I can easily get used to noise, especially if I am making it. I get so used to some noises that I cannot hear them until someone points them out to...