Make Sure To Show Up

A large crowd followed and pressed around him. And a woman was there… — Mark 5: 24 Satchel Paige was a great pitcher. However, being a black pitcher back in the 1940s, he did not get to pitch in the major leagues until he was over 40 years old. After he...

The Sweet Spot

If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Christ Jesus. — 1 Peter 4:11 In Max Lucado’s book, Cure for the Common Life, he titled the first chapter Your Sweet Spot. It is an...

Have A Good Target

Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise. — Ephesians 5:15 A man on his way home from work stopped to watch a local little league baseball game that was being played in a park near his home. As he sat down, he asked one of the boys in the...

Get Up And Look Up

I have been a sports fan all my life. Great players who make big plays at crunch time have always intrigued me. What attributes do they have that allows them to be their best in the big games against the best teams? There are many traits that lead to this type of...

More Than Enough

All of you is more than enough for all of me For every thirst and every need You satisfy me with your love And all I have in you is more than enough. — Chris Tomlin, Enough What a great song! It reminds us of a wonderful truth from the Word: our God is more...

Start Again, Stop Again

Sing to the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things. — Psalm 98:1 I will be honest with you. I am over 45. I know, many of you who see me at church each week are probably saying, “Wow, I thought Steve was younger than that.” But I am over...