Available Blogs

John endeavors to make his writings available for those who cannot purchase his books through his multiple blogs and social media outlets. Here is quick overview of his blogs and their general focus.

The Monday Memo

John began writing and sending out the Monday Memo in March, 2001. He has told many audiences, "My purpose in writing the Monday Memo is simple. I want to be in your face every Monday morning, asking you, 'Do you know your purpose? What are you doing about it? What faith steps are you taking that are bringing you closer to your goals? Are you using your time wisely? Are you helping others discover their purpose?"

If you want John to bring you regular purpose and faith reminders, then sign up for The Monday Memo. A complete collection of all the Memos is included on this page.

Weekly Bible Studies

John began developing online Bible studies in 2001 and completed a verse-by-verse study of the entire New Testament in 2010. Since then, he has published those studies under the title Live the Word Commentaries, which are available in paper or Kindle formats. Now John has begun a Purpose Study that focuses on the Old Testament. You can access all John's commentaries, Old and New, here, where you can also sign up to receive notices when he publishes a new entry.

Personal Blog

John has written a personal blog since 2006 and has published material on a wide variety of topics like purpose, leadership, his travels, his relief and development work in Kenya, and his daily devotionals. From 2011 to 2015, John wrote a daily devotional, all of which are available on the blog as well as for purchase as books. If you would like to receive a notice when John has written a new entry, you can sign up here. John also posts a devotional Monday through Friday on all his social media outlets.

Daily Reflections from the Psalms

John's most popular devotional is the one that draws its material from the book of Psalms. This daily inspirational work is available in book and Kindle formats and is also available on this site every day.

 

December 31, Thought Guidance

Psalm 119 contains many verses that make wonderful prayers you can pray for yourself. Today’s verse is a good example. The writer was asking God to guide him and keep sin from having dominion over him. Who should not be praying that prayer?

December 30, Membership Has Its Privileges

God is not only concerned for the individual, singular you. He is also concerned for the corporate you, which in modern terms is you as a part of the local church. Paul wrote 13 epistles, four of which were addressed to individuals and nine to...

December 29, Trained for War

We know David as a king, psalmist, prayer champion, and poet, but he was also a king warrior, who was trained for battle by God Himself. In the midst of all his battles, David acknowledged that God was everything he...

December 28, A Little Longer

David wrote of his confidence that the Lord would vindicate him and make everything right that had turned so wrong. The word vindicate is defined as “to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like.” It can be difficult to...

December 27, God with Us

David swore an oath that he would build a house for God’s presence, and that house, the Temple, has been the focus of Israel for the last 3,000 years! Yet David’s preoccupation with a building is not God’s highest priority, for God is more interested in...

December 26, Earned Joy

The Christmas story is full of joy. Joseph and Mary were joyful that they had a son. The shepherds were joyful that the angels had announced the birth to them. The angels were joyful that God’s purpose was being fulfilled through the events in Bethlehem.

December 25, God’s Favor

The words of the psalmist in these verses are vaguely reminiscent of the words the angels said to the shepherds on the night Jesus was born: “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests” (Luke 2:14).