Inspiration From The Mountain

There are seasons when faith feels wonderfully clear. You pray and the answer seems to come quickly. You open Scripture and the words meet you exactly where you are. A door opens at the right time. A conversation brings the encouragement you needed. In those moments,...

About eighty yards behind the campus chapel at Laurel Mountain Ministries, near the edge of the woods, sits a small Prayer Garden. Wood-chip paths wind through bushes and flower gardens that change with the seasons. A few small trees provide shade. Two large pieces of...

So, when does doing the right thing become the wrong thing? Peter faced that question on a rooftop in Joppa. He went there to pray while someone downstairs prepared his meal. Waiting, Peter grew hungry, but before the food arrived, God interrupted his prayers with a...

There are seasons in life when we do not know what to do next. We may have plans, hopes, and dreams, but suddenly something changes. A door closes. An opportunity does not come. A prayer seems unanswered. We find ourselves standing at a crossroads, wondering which...

“Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation…” (Jude 3, NKJV) It was Saturday afternoon, and I sat at the picnic table next to the podcast studio near the top of the Mountain. A summer afternoon breeze made our outdoor meeting of...

I’m not a very good texter. There’s a reason for that. During my years practicing law, I never conducted business by text. A text created a written record of a client conversation. Someone could glance over my shoulder in public and read it. If I lost my phone,...