I flew to Florida to see my kids on Christmas day. Traveling by airplane, which I once thought a lot of fun, is now just a means of transportation from which the glamour has long since faded. After being herded… Continue reading

History has millions of stories of dramatic conversions! Nicky Cruz, whose story of transformation was told in Wilkerson’s bestseller, The Cross and the Switchblade, was a New York street thug who became an evangelist for Christ. Saul, better known as… Continue reading

“Love is a many-splendored thing, … love is nature’s way of giving, a reason to be living; the golden crown that makes a man a king!” Those old love songs might be corny but they surely capture a feeling, don’t… Continue reading

The worship team at the Assembly is one of God’s gifts to our church. This team of musicians loves the Lord and they love their music. Since 2000, when I was called to this church where I serve, I’ve watched… Continue reading

There I stood, on a rocky mountain point, high above the valley, looking toward the horizon. That was the mental image that formed in my mind as I prayerfully meditated this morning. The adventure we call ‘life’ continues with the… Continue reading

Lee Sparks, a former pastor, now writer, wrote a provocative column (REV. – Jan. ’06) about the way we tend to say, “I’m outta here,” within 30 seconds of the moment that something happens which makes feel us uncomfortable or… Continue reading

The child is a mess; a flood of tears, gasping for breath between sobs. “I want my Mom,” the words wheeze out in little spasms of physical emotion. When Mom shows up, she takes the little one in her arms,… Continue reading

When you’re feeling insecure, what do you do? Some of us talk, endlessly, as though our words were a protective shield. Some of us withdraw. Some of us act out, being a clown or showing off. Some of us work… Continue reading

Yesterday in Dover, PA, a federal judge named John E. Jones, ruled that Intelligent Design, which suggests an alternative to Darwinian evolution as the explanation for the origin of the species, cannot be taught in public schools. I don’t know… Continue reading

Who is your hero? You’re too old for heroes, you say? Let me ask it this way, then. Who do you admire? What has that person done that makes him/her a model for you? Hold that thought. Jesus came into… Continue reading