Author: stemkoski

  • Treat Everyone With Respect

    Treat Everyone With Respect

    1 Timothy 5:1-2: Never speak harshly to an older man, but appeal to him respectfully as you would to your own father. Talk to younger men as you would to your own brothers. 2 Treat older women as you would your mother, and treat younger women with all purity as you would your own sisters. […]

  • Pray to God not to Humans

    Pray to God not to Humans

    “When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get. 6 But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray […]

  • It is in Death that New Life is Born

    It is in Death that New Life is Born

    “Autumn is a season of great beauty, but it is also a season of decline: the days grow shorter, the light is suffused, and summer’s abundance decays toward winter’s death… In my own experience of autumn, I am rarely aware that seeds are being planted… But as I explore autumn’s paradox of dying and seeding, […]

  • Pray for the Winning Team

    Pray for the Winning Team

    The passage 1 Timothy 2:1-4 says: I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. 2 Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness […]

  • Avoid the Shipwreck

    Avoid the Shipwreck

    1 Timothy 1:19 says: 19 Cling to your faith in Christ, and keep your conscience clear. For some people have deliberately violated their consciences; as a result, their faith has been shipwrecked. What powerful advice this is. I also find the words to be compelling. Cling, violate, and shipwreck are all very strong words. As […]

  • Eradicate Idols and Idleness

    Eradicate Idols and Idleness

     2 Thessalonians 3:6-12 says: 6 And now, dear brothers and sisters, we give you this command in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ: Stay away from all believers who live idle lives and don’t follow the tradition they received from us. 7 For you know that you ought to imitate us. We were not […]

  • No ‘Roll’ is Too Small

    No ‘Roll’ is Too Small

    William Barclay said, “Jesus needs what we can bring him. It may not be much but he needs it. It may well be that the world is denied miracle after miracle and triumph after triumph because we will not bring to Jesus what we have and what we are. If we would lay ourselves on […]

  • Embrace the Darkness

    Embrace the Darkness

    Yesterday, I saw a quote from Mother Teresa. It said, “When I try to raise my thoughts to Heaven — there is such convicting emptiness that those very thoughts return like sharp knives and hurt my very soul. Love — the word — it brings nothing. I am told God loves me — and yet […]

  • How to get a Facebook Pixel to work with GoDaddy Website Builder

    How to get a Facebook Pixel to work with GoDaddy Website Builder

    I don’t generally use GoDaddy Website builder. As a web developer, I opt for more powerful and customizable tools like WordPress, however, today I had to install a Facebook Pixel for an advertising client that built their own website on GoDaddy Website Builder. At first, this seemed like an easy task. I was able to […]

  • 6 critical things to consider when naming your new start-up or business

    6 critical things to consider when naming your new start-up or business

    It is a challenge to come up with just the right name for any business or product. I will say it is a lot easier to name something for another person than it is to come up with a name you feel represents yourself or your product. Our agency often works with start-ups to help […]