by Mike Woodruff | Jan 4, 2024 | The Friday Update
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who...
by Mike Woodruff | Dec 28, 2023 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday, “We all, who with unveiled faces behold the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image from one degree of glory to another.” ...
by Mike Woodruff | Dec 14, 2023 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday, Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. Matthew 1:18ff Many consider it God’s job to keep their life easy. As a data point, Mary’s life got much harder...
by Mike Woodruff | Dec 7, 2023 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday I was forcibly carried off from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in a dungeon. Joseph, Genesis 40:15 It’s worth noting what Joseph does not say. More than a decade after he had been sold into slavery,...
by Mike Woodruff | Nov 30, 2023 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday, I try to please everyone in everything I do. Paul, I Corinthians 10:33 In these confusing and contentious times, the path forward is often both elusive and challenging — i.e., simple solutions seldom are. (If a plan is simple, it’s not a solution....
