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Broken or Bitter

One day recently, I was in my office at church when a ministry friend stopped by at the door to chat. As we talked through the joys and pains of…

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Dear Control Freak…

…just stop it already. Right now. Seriously. You know who you are. You’re the ones “setting people straight” on social media and correcting their opinions. You were the ones…

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Divine mistakes

     We pray for our lives to go smoothly. We beg God to stay with our plan and keep to our schedule. But sometimes God wants our plans to fall apart…

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A dusty old book

     I’ve noticed that my friends from outside the church usually only bring up God with me in times of crisis. They look at me oddly when I talk about death as…

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Stubborn love

     My mom has always been a source of gentle humor in our family. Whenever she got amazed or exasperated by something, Mom would try to say, “Well …” — probably…

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Small Town Values

We've all sensed something is desperately wrong in the world now, but just couldn't put our finger on what it is. Actually, the answer is quite simply. Recently, Pastor Dave…

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WE ARE THE RULE

Tonight I’m icing my knee. It’s the end of the day and my body has several smaller injuries - a jammed thumb, a sore shoulder. But the knee is getting…

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