Mike Ramsdell

Being understood is a human need, something most of us look for in life. Some psychologists write that it may be the most basic of human needs. Jesus understands us. God understands …

Sometimes we forget things we should remember. Joshua knew well Israel’s habit to forget God’s past acts for them, to complain way too much, and to be ungrateful. He knew that remembering …

The words of Jesus from this passage directly to you and me: I call you friend You did not choose me, I chose you I have appointed you to bear good fruit …

If God exists, then everything in life ought to be about knowing Him. I have spent many hours in my life with people who were nearing the end of theirs. I learned …

Thomas was one of the disciples that were not at the tomb after the resurrection. We assume he was hiding. Thomas had a hard time believing. He had been disappointed before. Jesus …

Join me in taking a second look at one key point in today’s reading, But our citizenship is in heaven. In the Roman world to whom these words were originally written, citizenship …

This is one of my go to places in the bible, verses I memorized long ago. Regardless of the situation, the day, the season, the up or the down, it always fits …

No one likes trouble. We like peace, security, comfort, a life with some semblance of order and good. We expend a great deal of energy attempting to hold on to things, to …

Christians should be the best prepared and equipped people in the world to deal with the unprecedented season we are in. Are we? The scripture reading for today was written while Paul …