The Self-Examined Life

The Self-Examined Life

My photo: the tender for the Titanic in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It’s a reminder that we need to deeply examine ourselves as a ship is examined in a drydock. Search me o God and know my heart. Test me and know my thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you....
Trapped but Free

Trapped but Free

Butterfly photo by Theirry-Chabot About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.  (Acts 16:25, NIV) Imagine if you were trapped in a prison with no obvious way to escape. How would you respond?...
The  Battle for Our Minds

The Battle for Our Minds

The above photo, taken in Peru during my 2015 teaching mission, shows the battle between choosing God (represented by the cross here) and the billboards representing the world’s temptations. There is a continuous battle for our minds. The Bible warns us of this and...
BOOKENDS FOR LIFE

BOOKENDS FOR LIFE

Photo: some of the publications by Stewart Brown Even after giving away many of my books, I still have too many of them. Just ask my wife Sandra about this! To keep my study room from becoming an unbearable mess, I needed something to keep my books together and...
BRANCHING OUT-BEARING FRUIT

BRANCHING OUT-BEARING FRUIT

My photo: an orchard laden with apples near our home “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:5, NLT). Each of us awake to a new day. However, will we...