September 16, 2021
A Good Servant Rejects Shame
Shame is a painful emotion. It is usually associated with embarrassment or a feeling of guilt for something that we have genuinely done wrong. In…
September 9, 2021
Love, Suffering, and Service
Image by Jeff Jacobs from Pixabay Because true love compels a servant to suffer, suffering is the truest test of a servant. A husband who…
September 2, 2021
Serving Where Needed
The wife of one of my friends models servanthood very well. I noticed this at a dinner we shared several years ago. As we all…
August 26, 2021
Endurance and Servanthood
Image by Pexels from Pixabay Good servants must persevere. Perseverance means to continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or…
August 19, 2021
What is a Good and Faithful Servant?
Faithfulness is the attribute of a servant that towers above all others. It is the one thing that makes a servant good. But it isn’t…
August 15, 2021
Serving God. Being Selfless. Creating Gratitude.
The importance of serving God runs through Christianity like a river winds through a flourishing land. Just as a river feeds, waters, cleanses, and shapes…
August 5, 2021
The High Cost of Precious Faith
A hard verse shouts at the reader from the final portion of a famous and poetic Psalm. “Precious in the sight of the Lord is…
July 29, 2021
Strength out of Weakness
Image by Schäferle from Pixabay God’s strength radiates through the weaknesses of men, and finds its completion in their frailties. Paul says as much in…
July 22, 2021
Who are the Gideons?
Image by Scottish Guy from Pixabay For a few years at the time of the book of Judges, the people of Midian oppressed the people…
July 15, 2021
Thomas the Courageous, the Evangelist, and the Doubter
Thomas was a special follower of Jesus. Though he was not in the savior’s inner circle like Peter, James, and John, he did serve as…