Mike Worth 10/3/25 Mike Worth 10/3/25

Friday Matters

Everyday Spouse

“Mom, I decided that I’m gonna do what Dad did and let God choose my wife for me,” said our son Joe when he was a teen. And that’s still his plan as a young adult.

Tim Nicholson 10/2/25 Tim Nicholson 10/2/25

Thursday Matters

Everyday Old

I am sitting in the coffee shop getting to know a new friend and I’m literally stunned to learn that she’s only 38 which means I’m twenty years older…like I could be her mom.

Mike Worth 10/1/25 Mike Worth 10/1/25

Wednesday Matters

Everyday Life Changing

When I’m travelling alone at a hotel, I often surf the channels on TV. Inevitably I will come upon a shopping network or paid product advertisement where I sit mesmerized and convinced that if I order in the next ten minutes this product will change my life.

Mike Worth 9/30/25 Mike Worth 9/30/25

Tuesday Matters

Everyday Junior High

A couple of years ago I went to my old Jr. High bathroom with the full-length mirror upstairs and cried. I cried remembering my pain at 13 years old.

Mike Worth 9/29/25 Mike Worth 9/29/25

Monday Matters

Everyday Biker

As Nathan was training for America’s largest mountain bike racing series, he was thankful that biking had kept he and his brother, Kyle, connected through Kyle’s drug addiction. And thankfully in the last two years of Kyle’s life he overcame his addiction via a 12-step program and a relationship with God.

Mike Worth 9/26/25 Mike Worth 9/26/25

Friday Matters

Everyday So Cool

I remember asking our four sons, “Who decides who’s cool? I don’t get it. You’re cool. I’ve decided it.” But we all decided that it’s “cool” to stick up for someone who’s being made fun of just because they’re different.

Tim Nicholson 9/25/25 Tim Nicholson 9/25/25

Thursday Matters

Everyday Blue Days

Sometimes I get stuck in blue, like I’m feeling down, sad and crabby. I wouldn’t say it’s depression but I lately I’ve been stuck a little longer in “The Land of Blue,” than I’d like.

Mike Worth 9/24/25 Mike Worth 9/24/25

Wednesday Matters

Everyday Billy Poetry

I’ve never met Billy, but he subscribes to the email of Everyday Matters and often sends poems from the verses I share. He is confined to a wheelchair and has a head injury.

Mike Worth 9/23/25 Mike Worth 9/23/25

Tuesday Matters

Everyday Live Love

St. Frances of Assisi said, “Preach the gospel always, and if necessary, use words.” I think what this means is “live a life of love” by how you treat others.

Mike Worth 9/22/25 Mike Worth 9/22/25

Monday Matters

Everyday Supposed To

Many of us are not fans of the words; “You’re not supposed to do that.” Sometimes, hearing those words only makes us want to do what we’re told not to.

Mike Worth 9/19/25 Mike Worth 9/19/25

Friday Matters

Everyday Teen Parenting

Admittedly I’ve played the drama-queen parent to our four teenage sons. I’ve failed enough times to know what doesn’t work.

Tim Nicholson 9/18/25 Tim Nicholson 9/18/25

Thursday Matters

Everyday Heaven

The older I get the more focused I get on sharing the Good News of the Gospel with others. I blurted out to my husband the other day, “we’re all gonna die.”

Mike Worth 9/17/25 Mike Worth 9/17/25

Wednesday Matters

Everyday Susan Prayer

Susan was the coordinator of speakers for a conference in New York City. I was one of them. We developed a friendship of email praying, and this was way back in the day, in 2006, before texting and the smart phone took over our lives.

Mike Worth 9/16/25 Mike Worth 9/16/25

Tuesday Matters

Everyday Look Up

Although there are downers in this life there are also lifters and in Psalm 3:1-3 the Psalmist says that despite his distressing situation he is not despairing or becoming depressed because his confidence is in the Lord, the lifter of his head.

Mike Worth 9/15/25 Mike Worth 9/15/25

Monday Matters

Everyday God Comfort

I know you’ve been disappointed, hurt or mistreated. I get it. There’s a loss and an ache that you just can’t explain because maybe you don’t get it either.

Mike Worth 9/12/25 Mike Worth 9/12/25

Friday Matters

Everyday Jesus Loves

Jesus loves everybody and He wants ever single person to know His love. Years ago, on quick lunch break from subbing at the high school I ran home and saw Henry who was finishing some painting on our house.

Tim Nicholson 9/11/25 Tim Nicholson 9/11/25

Thursday Matters

Everyday Frozen

What about the mornings you can’t get out of bed because you’re frozen? I don’t mean because of the temperature but because of fear.

Mike Worth 9/10/25 Mike Worth 9/10/25

Wednesday Matters

Everyday Substitute Teacher

I still remember the day of substitute teaching 11th graders with 15 minutes of free chat time before the bell rang and literally, out of the blue, Ryan shouts out; “I want to know if God’s real?”

Mike Worth 9/9/25 Mike Worth 9/9/25

Tuesday Matters

Everyday Be the Church

I love people. I love traveling and meeting new people in random places everywhere, like gas stations.

Mike Worth 9/8/25 Mike Worth 9/8/25

Monday Matters

Everyday Job Explanation

Maybe the reason God doesn’t explain to Job why terrible things happen is that because He knows that Job really doesn’t need an explanation.