Ownership creates responsibility. I was cleaning out out a cluttered closet at my church a few weeks ago and somebody said, “How does all this stuff accumulate here? Why doesn’t someone just throw it out?” He laughed when I replied,… Continue reading

“Follow me!” Jesus said to Matthew who was sitting the tax collector’s booth, and so he did! Peter and Andrew were working at their job as fishermen and He said, “Come, follow me!” They did! What an incredibly compelling Man… Continue reading

What are your core values? One author defines core values as: “…who we are. They describe our intended state of being. They are so integral to our being that we would not abandon them even if we were penalized for… Continue reading

When conflict flares up in your life, and it will, how do you understand it? Is conflict an opportunity for growth, to reach for understanding, for realization of that others have a differing point of view? Or is conflict a… Continue reading

Modern conveniences make it possible for us to be ‘on’ 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I can flip open my notebook computer and go to ‘work’ at 5 AM or 10 PM, right from my living room… Continue reading

Hurricane Rita is ready to pound some Gulf coast towns into rubble tonight. She is the second monster storm to hit the Louisiana coast in a month’s time. And we’re all wondering why! Pornographers, perverts, pedophiles, and polluters will be… Continue reading

Chris, Sara, Riley, and I met in my office. Riley was rude, making outbursts, demanding attention. He made conversation nearly impossible at times. At one point I tried to address him and he made faces at me along with a… Continue reading

Ekklesia – (ek·klay·see·ah ) sounds like a disease or something bad, doesn’t it? But I assure you, being in the ‘ekklesia’ is a very good thing! Today we use the word, church. Paul called those gatherings of Believers the ‘ekklesia.’… Continue reading

They come in all sizes – a dozen people gathering in a storefront chapel to thousands thronging a cathedral sized edifice. They have differing missions: some feed the hungry, some teach the young, some reach out to seekers, some supporting… Continue reading

Did you know that God wants His people to be prophets? Prophet! That’s a frightening word for me. It brings up images of an angry man, shouting at the top of his lungs about the sins on which God will… Continue reading