HighPoint Devotionals

The tapping and pounding on the roof was constant for those two days. Like many people on my street this year, I had my roof replaced...

It was clean! I KNOW it was clean, because I was the one who loaded and then unloaded the dishwasher myself. So how in the world was...

Years ago, I was pastoring a church in another state and we came to Florida for a vacation after Easter. In fact, we left right after...

One of the best parts about my role as Connections Pastor is leading Celebrate Recovery. When we set out to launch this 5 years ago...

Author Chuck Swindoll tells a story where he remembers being in line at a grocery store one day, where a mother was in front of him with...

Even though they are connected with other, Townhouses, by definition, are homes that "have 2 or 3 levels that are attached to another...

“Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy...

“Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you...

“If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you

It happens every year at this time, so I shouldn't be surprised...but I always am. Every year, our daughter has a birthday on 11/4, and...

Some say that trials build character. Maybe. But I think this is more accurate. Trials reveal character. Especially as I continue to walk...

“Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disci

“We see a lot of new faces around here” began the conversation with a concerned church member. “But so many of them don’t stay.” He was...

(December 12, 2019) Yesterday, my wife went out-of-town, which means I was in charge of getting our 9-year old to gymnastics practice...

"One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched. There in front of him...

We had just finished our meal when suddenly I looked up and Hallie (my 21 year-old stepdaughter) was gone. I looked all around and finally

“Why is it that when we talk to God it is called prayer but when God talks to us it is called schizophrenia?” (Lily Tomlin) I grew up...

How many of you love surprises?!? I'll wait a minute to count all of those I see, even the ones in the back of the room...

In the movie Forest Gump, Lieutenant Dan is full of disdain for all the men in his veteran's group who constantly speak of "Finding Jesus".

I was born in December and carried to church in a Christmas stocking. I have endured a lot of sermons. Preaching is a challenge...