In the middle of delivering my sermon yesterday, a car horn started to blare in the lower parking lot. After a moment, I noticed the congregation’s attention was wandering along with my own! I wondered, “why doesn’t somebody take care… Continue reading

“Pastor Jerry, look! Pastor Jerry, Pastor Jerry…” The little voice drifted into my consciousness, though the child speaking was just a few feet away, I was so focused on the task at hand that I had shut out everything and… Continue reading

If you’re reading TFTD, chances are you are a ‘person of faith.’ But what does that mean, anyway? Is faith, “thinking positively?” No. Is faith, “having a good feeling” about something? No! The famous line of Scripture from Hebrews tells… Continue reading

We are all finding our place in the world. Questions of security, of belonging, of personal worth are a part of life. If we are insecure, those questions become very important and we spend a lot of time measuring ourselves,… Continue reading

Monday being my day out of the office, I was able to watch some of the Senate confirmation hearings for Mr. Samuel Alito, nominee to the US Supreme Court. This judicial nomination will have far-reaching ramifications, given the deep political,… Continue reading

Wild card weekend is over! Four football teams advance in the play-offs, including my New England Patriots, who are again looking like the SuperBowl champions they were a year ago. Millions of dollars, thousands of hours- yes, entire lives- are… Continue reading

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