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Day 139 "The Power of Words"
My grandson, Gabriel, has his birthday today. He just turned four. But for a three year old just turning four, he is truly a unique...

Mark Hogan (Grace Walker)
Feb 27, 20202 min read


Day 140 "The Offer and Hope of Living Water"
Jesus had purposed to travel with his disciples through Samaria. The Jews and the Samaritans had long been at odds with each other. For...

Mark Hogan (Grace Walker)
Feb 26, 20203 min read


Day 141 "Tomorrow on Earth May Never Come"
It is a simple concept: Do not put off until tomorrow what you can do today. It is a sobering thought to realize how fragile and brief...

Mark Hogan (Grace Walker)
Feb 25, 20204 min read


Day 142 "A Chance Encounter?"
One never knows how lives are affected by such acts as kindness, mercy, grace, love, and acceptance. I once came across a story of a...

Mark Hogan (Grace Walker)
Feb 24, 20203 min read


Day 143 "Take Heart and Be Encouraged"
I Googled Christian anecdotes about faith and hope and came across this article by Mel Johnson dated November 7, 2017 at...

Mark Hogan (Grace Walker)
Feb 23, 20203 min read


Day 144 "Lead By God's Love"
A skilled rider needs only to put a little pressure on the bit in a horse's mouth to control the horse's movements. Similarly, a...

Mark Hogan (Grace Walker)
Feb 22, 20204 min read


Day 145 "Sometimes, God's Word is All We Need."
I came across this in the Guidepost. I thought you might enjoy it. A Lost Family Heirloom's Long Journey Home Her mom's beloved Bible...

Mark Hogan (Grace Walker)
Feb 21, 20204 min read


Day 146 "Christ: The Soul Sanitizer"
Everywhere we go, everything we touch, seems to draw out the hand sanitizer to do away with a potential exposure to the Coronavirus. We...

Mark Hogan (Grace Walker)
Feb 20, 20205 min read


Day 147 "Walking in the Diversity of Color"
Ask a painter how certain colors like pink, brown, green, and aqua are created. The painter will tell you that they come from the...

Mark Hogan (Grace Walker)
Feb 19, 20205 min read


Day 148 "Cracking the Code of Our Circumstances"
During World War II, cracking the code of communication by our foreign enemies proved instrumental in helping to bring about victory for...

Mark Hogan (Grace Walker)
Feb 18, 20205 min read


Day 149 "Pruning Our Hearts With Love"
My mother-in-law has a River Birch tree near the end of her driveway with two good-sized limbs that need to be cut off the tree: one...

Mark Hogan (Grace Walker)
Feb 17, 20203 min read


Day 150 "The Mask: Donning With Courtesy"
So much controversy surrounds the donning of a mask during this Coronavirus pandemic. Emotions abound across the spectrum of different...

Mark Hogan (Grace Walker)
Feb 16, 20203 min read


Day 151 "Patience: The Gateway Towards Discovery and Understanding"
I came across this story on the internet. A New York City taxi driver arrives at the final stop for his shift. He honked. After waiting a...

Mark Hogan (Grace Walker)
Feb 15, 20204 min read


Day 152 "Clenching Fists Sends The Wrong Message"
The time has always been for the end of social injustice and inequality, especially when lives are at stake and are taken recklessly and...

Mark Hogan (Grace Walker)
Feb 14, 20206 min read


Day 153 "Love: The Highest Standard of the Land"
Sometimes, the simplest truth can be the most profound one. What is it to motivate? The definition of motivation is the reason or...

Mark Hogan (Grace Walker)
Feb 13, 20202 min read


Day 154 "Dependence Day in Christ"
Where there is trust, there is evidence of good will, love, trustworthiness, and faith. Two hundred forty four years ago, the forefathers...

Mark Hogan (Grace Walker)
Feb 12, 20203 min read


Day 155 "Happy Is As Happy Does?"
Below is an article I recently came across. From a worldly point of view, it brings into focus several helpful thoughts and ideas about...

Mark Hogan (Grace Walker)
Feb 11, 20208 min read


Day 156 "The Forgiving Prayer of Stephen"
I hadn't seen this before, until the pastor of our church brought it to our attention. The possibility that while Stephen, a disciple of...

Mark Hogan (Grace Walker)
Feb 10, 20204 min read


Day 157 "Handling The Up's and Down's Of Life"
When it comes to a particular stock in the stock market, one can be buffeted by various emotions resulting from the up and down movements...

Mark Hogan (Grace Walker)
Feb 9, 20202 min read


Day 158 "Jesus Makes It Easy!"
We are the ones making it difficult to come to God. Most of what we do here on Earth is performance orientated. Think about it. ...

Mark Hogan (Grace Walker)
Feb 8, 20203 min read
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