Dear friends,
Life certainly teaches us, if we let it. And for the past year, the lessons have been huge for me personally and my family. I’m learning that seconds…
My son is about 23 now. He used to be kind of small, but he started working out and bulked up quite impressively. And I work out too.
I lift about…
I went to a baseball game this week. For those who know me, you realize this was right up there with catching a falling star and discovering the pot of…
This year, I took my first trip to the Holy Land. It was life-changing as well as eye-opening.
In the seats directly in front of me sat three Hasidic Jewish men.…
I had to do something that broke my heart last week. I actually blocked a friend on Facebook.
Blocking him made me extremely sad. But he just couldn't resist getting…
When I served larger churches, I never really understood what discipleship was. If someone had told me I had to do it, as a minister over hundreds I would have…
Of our three children right now, Gracie is the least serious-minded. But she always demands to say the prayer at dinner each night.
At first, it was the prayer she learned…
The old man answered the apartment door in his wheelchair. It had been a development from his fight with what appeared to be Parkinson's. I could tell his limited mobility,…
I remember the first time someone called me “pastor” and it finally felt normal.
Actually, I only thought they were saying “pastor”. I was in a Starbucks I frequent, and someone…
I just got a text from a friend that shocked me.
It wasn’t as much what they said as who they said it about. You see, the text was about someone…
I recently got a Facebook message from a well-meaning Christian friend:
"God has seen everything you've been going through, and He told me to tell you 'IT'S OVER'! Your trial…
I am so sincerely sorry for your pain.
But...
Your pain is not the only pain in the world
Your pain does not make you right. It doesn’t justify your…