How to Be Prepared for Dangerous Situations

How to Be Prepared for Dangerous Situations

Feeding the eel Many of us look back on things we did during our college years and wonder why we put ourselves in such dangerous positions.  One of those times for me happened during a dive trip on a coral reef. Just before we went over the side of the boat, the...
How to Go Deeper in Your Faith

How to Go Deeper in Your Faith

Diving Deeper When I was in college, I took scuba diving as a P.E. class. The class offered additional instruction and certifications which I took advantage of. Two of those certifications were deep diving and wreck diving.  One dive for the certification took us...
How Trials Like COVID-19 Help Us Grow 

How Trials Like COVID-19 Help Us Grow 

You might remember from studying trees in elementary school science class that you could tell how old a tree was by counting the annular growth rings. You may also find it interesting to learn exactly how those tree rings form. Light and dark tree rings In most trees,...
How the Coronavirus Pandemic Shifts Our Perspective

How the Coronavirus Pandemic Shifts Our Perspective

The only thing constant is change. The only change that most people like are changes that they control and initiate. Other than that change is seldom seen as a good thing. But change is inevitable. Many changes can be absorbed into our lives without major upheaval but...
How Adversity Can Bring Us Closer to God

How Adversity Can Bring Us Closer to God

Sometimes what the Bible doesn’t tell us is as important as what it does tell us. Such is the case in 2 Corinthians, one of the Apostle Paul’s most poignant letters. He begins chapter 1 by telling us: “Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the...