People and situations can provoke us, giving us occasion for impatience and even anger! OK, maybe not in your life, but it happens to me. Sometimes, especially when I’m rushed or fatigued, it doesn’t take much to fire me up.… Continue reading

Do you try to make praise and thanksgiving a habit? Complaining comes so naturally, doesn’t it? A teacher of mine once held up a piece of white poster board, 2′ x 3′ in dimension. On it he had made a… Continue reading

This coming Sunday at the Assembly, four people will be baptized. It’s a joyful time marking a new beginning. When I conduct baptisms, I always encourage the congregation to participate in this way. “When the person comes up out of… Continue reading

Classified! Top Secret! Many organization and government has secrets that closely held. Some of these are super important, critical to security and safety and some are, well, not all that earth shattering; as in, KFC has the colonel’s secret recipe… Continue reading

A friend told me of a couple who aborted their baby. Physicians had told them that their unborn child was likely to have birth defects that would complicate his life and so they ended it. As he related this story,… Continue reading

Years ago, Mom and Dad took Bev and I to look at a house they were considering for purchase. When we stepped through the front door, our eyes were met by a strange sight. Little trails created a maze that… Continue reading

The church which I serve as pastor is currently in the process of finding a Minister to Youth. Since we posted this available position publicly, we have received 40+ resumes. Last week I received a lengthy one. As I started… Continue reading

Last night, an icy, miserable night, I sat in the church’s Fellowship Center at tables with about a dozen ministry leaders and was I ever encouraged! The meeting was about our 2006-2007 Fiscal Year budget. Fun, right? Yet as each… Continue reading

I’ve got a list of questions that will find their answers only in Heaven! You, too? We all do. One of those questions is – why does God deliver some from the fiery tests and trials while others must walk… Continue reading

A few weeks ago, while at a meeting with a friend, she remarked, “I can feel a lot of tension in you today. You keep sighing like you’re carrying the weight of the world!” I was stressed by many challenges… Continue reading