Author: Steven

  • Carrying

    Featured song: He Will Carry You, by Scott Wesley Brown, from his 1983 album Signature. Life brings many joys, but it also brings many sorrows. We suffer sickness, loss of friends and family, and pain from things we do to ourselves and things others do to us. We put on the mask that tries to…

  • Surrender

    Featured song: The Master’s Hand, from Carman’s 1982 album Some-O-Dat. Everybody has their own story about what brought them to know Jesus in not just an intellectual way, but a personal way. Sometimes the journey has been a smooth transition into a relationship during childhood that just matures with time; sometimes it has been hard-fought…

  • Man and Woman

    Featured song: Woman, Man That I Love, from Paul Clark’s 1977 album Hand To The Plow. Twenty-three years ago today, I stepped out on a journey that I have never regretted. It has become stronger and more sweet with time. I am not referring to my journey with Jesus, but rather the life I have…

  • Roll Call

    Featured song: Lazarus Come Forth, from the 1984 album by Carman, Comin’ On Strong Anyone who grew up in a church that had Sunday school classes for children was exposed at a young age to stories from the Bible. There were stories from the New Testament about Jesus, but there were also those great stories…