August 2, 2020 | Luke 6:17-38 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Many of my college students are intimidated by the Teaching Elementary Math Methods course. They say, “I’m just not good at math. I’m worried I won’t be a good math teacher.” How did they develop such a negative mindset? My goal is that they will […]
July 30, 2020 | Joshua 24:28–33 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Many books of the Bible end with turmoil, strife, or unanswered questions. Not Joshua. The book ends on a satisfying, harmonious note with calmness in the land and peace among people. As Israelites’ quest ended and they could finally settle down in their long-awaited Promised […]
P July 29, 2020 | Joshua 24:1–27 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Do you know that the average person makes roughly 30,000 decisions in a single day? Some choices are small, such as “How long should I brush my teeth?” Others are life-altering, such as “Should I marry this person?” Life is full of choices. And […]
July 28, 2020 | Joshua 23 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Our second child was born the day Billy Graham died. I still remember being in the hospital room as the breaking news of Graham’s death was reported. Understandably, I only heard a small portion of the tributes that poured in on that day, but there […]
July 27, 2020 | Joshua 22 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Have you ever been misunderstood? Or, have you ever misunderstood someone else, in particular, what they believe about God? I know I have. It is easy to jump to assumptions about others. We need to remind ourselves to inquire and not infer. It is […]
July 26, 2020 | Joshua 21 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Hidden Figures, a book and then movie released in 2016, tells the true story of three female African American mathematicians who worked for NASA and played a pivotal role in launching astronaut John Glenn into orbit. Even though they quietly worked behind the scenes, their […]
July 24, 2020 | Joshua 14:6–15 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Have you ever received an inheritance? Maybe you were left a special memento or a sum of cash from a parent, grandparent, or friend? While the gift itself is important, the most significant part of the inheritance is whom it came from. In chapters 13–19, […]
July 22, 2020 | Joshua 10:28 – 12:24 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue In Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, Sauron the Dark Lord of Mordor amasses enormous armies to take over middle earth and spread hate and evil. Peter Jackson’s films capture the scope and scale of these armies like never before, illuminated on the […]
July 1, 2020 | Deuteronomy 34:1–12 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue If you were asked to name a famous basketball player, Michael Jordan might immediately come to mind. Jordan helped the Chicago Bulls claim 6 championships in 8 years and become one of the greatest basketball dynasties of all time. In 1998, Jordan decided it was […]