Tag: Ecclesiastes

Prayers That Please God

Prayer is an important part of the Christian life and is essential to strengthen faith. But often prayer is reduced to a time of bringing our laundry list of wants and needs to God. When one does not then receive the things prayed for, faith...

Nothing New Under the Sun

What’s your story? I know you have one; we all do. But a more important question is: Have you shared your story with anyone? So often we don’t. Even when someone asks, “How are you?” or “What’s going on with you?”, we answer with platitudes...

The Challenge to Empathize

The words sympathy and empathy are, according to the dictionary, synonyms. Many people use them interchangeably, but they don’t mean exactly the same thing. I can sympathize with pretty much anyone if I want to, but there are many people I cannot empathize with. For...