Last night before I went to bed, I watched House. It’s a drama centered on an egotistical, rude, and brilliant physician, Dr. House, played by Hugh Laurie. The series stretches credibility in that a person with the ill manners of… Continue reading

My son heard me say something about abandoning a project and said, “Come on, Dad, you know you won’t do that. You’re a finisher!” And so I am. I like to complete tasks and measure life’s successes mostly by forward… Continue reading

Our grandsons, ages 2 and 4, are at that stage in life when they are possessive – “It’s my toy,” but not yet mature enough to understand the concept of sharing. My son tells me that they fight, raising a… Continue reading

99% of the time I love my calling to serve as a local church’s pastor. I believe in the Church, that she holds the key to making a better world and the answer to the spiritual need of every human… Continue reading

Would you agree with me that God needs some really good ambassadors in this world, who represent His kingdom well? It seems to me that too often only the hate-mongers like Fred Phelps get the headlines. He’s the ‘pastor’ who… Continue reading

Our daughter, Maribel, got engaged this past weekend. Everything we hear about the young man who has stolen her heart delights us! Her email to us that told us about his romantic proposal, his desire to meld their lives in… Continue reading

Nostalgia- what a powerful force it wields. I can hardly bear to page through our family picture albums or watch old family videos. Why? They stir up such memories, such longing for the happy moments when my kids were running… Continue reading

It was a good Resurrection Sunday! At the sunrise, we sang in the chilly wind and remembered the women who went to the garden, only to discover that the stone was rolled away, the Lord risen from His grave. The… Continue reading

Who doesn’t enjoy a task completed, a project finished, reaching the goal? One of the most important ‘projects’ in my life was my God-given responsibility to prepare our children for adulthood, giving them the tools – emotional, intellectual, and spiritual… Continue reading

Do you ever stop and think why Christians wear crosses and decorate churches with crosses thereby making the means of suffering and cruel death the symbol of their faith? In some churches it has become fashionable to keep the cross… Continue reading