"Then I'll huff, and I'll puff, and blow your house in!" - The Big Bad Wolf (The Three Little Pigs) The lighthouse image above immediately brought to mind a Spanish song I use to sing as a young man at my home church. Funda tu casa sobre la roca que Jesucristo te ayudara. // Vendrá … Continue reading You Can Huff and You Can Puff

It was an awesome cluster of stars forming the background for a lighthouse in New Zealand that inspired me to write one of my previous devotions [Read Brighter Than Bright]. Can you guess what it was for this one?  While living in the Caribbean, I had the opportunity to witness not only amazing year-long starry … Continue reading Spoiler Alert…We Win!

"...Apart from me, you can do nothing. - John 15:5 ESV This is the Stage Harbor "Lighthouse" located in Chatham, MA. It was built in 1880 out of cast iron. The original tower was fitted with a fifth-order Fresnel lens which helped radiate a light visible for 12 nautical miles. For 53 years it faithfully served its … Continue reading Keeping Christ in Christian

Pictured above is the Nugget Point Lighthouse located in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. It was built in 1869 from locally quarried stones. After researching a little more about this beacon, I told my wife that this, along with the Rubjerg Knude in Denmark, is definitely one of the lighthouses … Continue reading Brighter Than Bright

Listen for God's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he's the one who will keep you on track. ~ King Solomon "Too many people say, 'Hear, Lord, for thy servant speaketh.' Samuel said. 'Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth.'" ~ Pettingill As you may already know, most of my lighthouse devotions have been … Continue reading Are You Listening?

By the sweat of your brow will you have food to eat until you return to the ground from which you were made. For you were made from dust and to dust you will return." - Genesis 3:19Growing up on my island home of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, I always looked forward to those … Continue reading From Dust to Dust

I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalm 34:1 Pictured above is the St. Joseph North Pier Lighthouse (Lake Michigan) in a seasonal collage. If you haven't already, you may want to read my other devotion titled Spiritual Winters, which was inspired by this same lighthouse. … Continue reading At All Times

This is the Cape Aniva or Mys Aniva Lighthouse, aka Naka Shiretoko Saki. It was built by the Japanese in 1939 on a jagged rock just off the southeastern-most cape of Sakhalin island which was, at that time, divided between Japan and the USSR. Like all other lighthouses, it was originally manned by keepers for … Continue reading Radioactive Faith

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. -The Apostle Paul (Romans 12:2) In one of my previous/favorite devotions titled "A Conforming Light," I was inspired by the Fastnet … Continue reading A Non-Conforming Light

This is the Tawas Point Lighthouse. It is located on Tawas Point (formerly Ottawa Point), which lies near the northern entrance to Saginaw Bay in northern Michigan. It was first built in 1852 and later rebuilt in 1877 due to the deteriorating conditions of the keeper's station, not to mention the shifting sands that caused … Continue reading Temporary Keepers Wanted