Faster than a speeding bullet. We used to say that about Superman, but now it refers to the rate of change going on in our culture. Most people think the U.S. economic downturn is solely the result of collapsing financial institutions on Wall Street and bursting of housing market bubbles. Sure, they played and are [...]

How wonderful it was to hear some genuinely good news in the media! Yesterday, after a “double bird strike” knocked out both engines of his Airbus 320 aircraft, US Airways pilot Chesley Sullenberger made an emergency landing on the Hudson River, saving all 155 people aboard. They are calling it the “Hudson River Miracle” and [...]

It just occurred to me how much healthier our nation’s economy is already because all of the underlying bad investments and perilous structures that have been exposed, collapsed, and/or are in the process of being flushed out. Who knew that our whole economy was built with such precarious underpinnings? But when the economy “comes back” [...]

This past week 2 Corinthians 2:14 (below) keeps coming to mind. Like everyone, I need to hear it. It is a good reminder that, regardless of what we see with our eyes or hear with our ears, God is mightily on the move in the earth and in our lives. Let not the negative economic news [...]

If ever there was a time for Christians to practice what we preach it is now. Between the recent elections and the economic collapse, it is no easy task at times to “be not afraid.” Here are some promises from the Word of God that may help:
 
Isaiah 54:10
Though the mountains be shaken and the hills [...]