Everybody feels fear. It’s normal. When the smoke alarm goes off, fear causes you to quickly move to determine if there is a fire, and if necessary, to get out of the house. Fear saves your life! Anxiety is a… Continue reading

Anticipation is building! My adult children are coming home in one month. I look forward to spending a few days with them, laughing together. Sure we talk on the phone, exchange emails, and post messages to one another on Facebook.… Continue reading

At tables across America people will gather for the feast of Thanksgiving and they will tell stories. Conversation will start about the weather, football teams, and move on to history.  There will be epic tales of heroic achievements and embarrassing… Continue reading

(Today’s CoffeeBreak re-produces an article from the New York Times. Enjoy!) The most psychologically correct holiday of the year is upon us. Thanksgiving may be the holiday from hell for nutritionists, and it produces plenty of war stories for psychiatrists… Continue reading

“Feed the crowd!”  That what Jesus told the disciples one day. The request was impossible. The crowd numbered in the thousands, they were miles from any major town, and they had no money. Philip gave voice to the doubt of… Continue reading

Today we kick off Thanksgiving week, a time to celebrate God and His goodness; and next Sunday we enter Advent, a time to remember that His best gift, Jesus, came to save us and will come again to receive us.… Continue reading

A local police officer visited the gravesite of an old friend. At 2 am, he fired his weapon four times into the ground. When questioned he said the shots were a ‘celebration.’ It’s one of those things that leaves you… Continue reading

Seeing the miracles? I’m often stressed, a person who likes things done right and efficiently.   I do not say that as a matter of pride.  Too often my driven nature leads me to sin against God and others. Some of… Continue reading

Our culture is corrupt! For reasons I cannot fully grasp, much of our entertainment is packed with lewd, crude, and/or shocking content. Foul, profane language spews even from children. Many young women seem not to understand the difference between dressing… Continue reading

This past Sunday I baptized four adults whose range of experience was dramatic. Sathya and Shagun come from a Hindu background, well-educated and prosperous, yet hungering to know the Living God. Shawn came from a past on the streets were… Continue reading