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Faith Focus: I don’t believe we’ve met

Just after Christmas, I met someone for the first time. Well, that’s not exactly correct. I’ve known this person my entire life. I’ve spent holidays with her...
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Faith Focus: Is the world just too busy?

The other night, I was walking through a poorly-lit part of a town I didn’t know well. My youngest son and I were on our way to...
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Faith Focus: How would you respond?

Certain songs have the ability to affect us instantaneously. I’ve noticed it’s been happening quite a bit lately to people around me. It often happens when they...
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Faith Focus: We’re in a crisis. How should we respond?

Make no mistake, we are in the middle of a crisis. There are 111,820 children in the United States waiting to be adopted. There are nearly 30,000...
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Faith Focus: With all your heart, soul and mind

Thom had a problem. His son was being teased because of his weight. He couldn’t force the bullies to stop, so he took a different approach: Build...
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Faith Focus: Who is the next superhero?

As we wrap up our month highlighting Buckner “superheroes” – those who have gone to great lengths to protect children and strengthen families, it dawned on me...
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Faith Focus: This superpower is rarely seen but always noticed

As we continue to look at “superheroes” who protect children and strengthen families, it dawned on me that most superpowers are obvious: super strength, super speed, invisibility,...
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Faith Focus: Superheroes in the making

We don’t think about superheroes long before thinking about their alter egos. They go together like peanut butter and jelly. Superman is Clark Kent. Spider-man is Peter...
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Faith Focus: Something just like this

In the past week, I’ve listened to a lot of music. Mostly pop music, but plenty of rock, alternative and country. There was even some jazz and...
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Faith Focus: 1 John 3

In the month of September, we'd like to change this devotional a bit. We believe people are changed when they read and meditate on God's Word. The...
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