Pure Joy

By Dennis Ensor Dennis Ensor has been one of our guest contributors through the years. His life took a pretty dramatic turn about a year ago when it was discovered he had a deadly brain tumor. What would seem like a tragedy for most people has turned into a mission of pure joy for Dennis… Continue reading Pure Joy

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More Than Words

A Reposted Article by Dennis Ensor There is always beauty around us. Even in our most dire moments, it is there. To see it we are often required to be very intentional, to filter out the garbage. It is subtle, subdued. But, I don’t want to focus on that kind of beauty right now—the kind… Continue reading More Than Words

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Faith Through Love

By Dennis Ensor The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. Galatians 5:6b (NIV) Most of my life I have been a part of a church fellowship that focused a lot on the keeping of religious rules, and on condemning others who failed to keep those rules to the same standards that… Continue reading Faith Through Love

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White Marble

A special request to our readers and prayer warriors: The Breath of Life team is asking for prayers for someone very special to us. Dennis Ensor, who is our dear friend, a great supporter of Breath of Life Women’s Ministries, and one of our guest writers has a brain tumor and is scheduled for surgery… Continue reading White Marble

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Reality Check

A previously posted article by Dennis Ensor We studied the 88th Psalm in our local Bible class last Sunday morning. It doesn’t take a genius to know that the writer was having a really bad day when he penned the words you find there. Listen to his weary cry of despair. 1 GOD, you’re my… Continue reading Reality Check

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More Than Words

by Dennis Ensor There is always beauty around us. Even in our most dire moments, it is there. To see it we are often required to be very intentional, to filter out the garbage. It is subtle, subdued. But, I don’t want to focus on that kind of beauty right now—the kind of beauty we… Continue reading More Than Words

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Last Kiss

by Dennis Ensor Last month I had the awesome privilege of presiding over the wedding of one of my favorite nieces, daughter of my youngest brother, Josh.  It was the first time I had ever done anything like that. It will be a day I treasure forever. After the ceremony, during the reception, one of… Continue reading Last Kiss

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A Tale of Two Mindsets

by Dennis Ensor I read a blog today that encouraged each reader to participate in an interesting assignment. The assignment was to write two brief essays about your life—one as a victim and one as a winner. The assignment demonstrates the major difference one’s perspective can make. Let me show you in the paragraphs below.… Continue reading A Tale of Two Mindsets

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George’s Prayer

A Repost By Dennis Ensor 17 Mark this: Unless you accept God’s kingdom in the simplicity of a child, you’ll never get in.” Luke 18:17 (MSG) It’s been four decades since I heard George’s moving prayer. It came about in the early seventies when I was a counselor for the high school boys at Camp… Continue reading George’s Prayer

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