I want one thing to be obvious about me, above anything else – that I am a disciple of Jesus Christ.  I have no desire to be like “Captain Obvious” that obnoxious character that markets for hotels.com. The gag that… Continue reading

About 50 years ago, when many other colas were entering the soft drink market, Coca Cola™ advertised with this slogan, “It’s the Real Thing.” Coke’s brand manager said that the company was responding to “research which shows that young people… Continue reading

Memories, what powerful things they are. I drove past an old church yesterday and a memory from an event at least a decade past surfaced about an evening concert I attended there with Bev. Details about our time together that… Continue reading

“I guess I’m kinda half a Christian.” Her admission caught me by surprise. I had met the woman only a few moments before, as we both were traveling. We started talking about my vocation and it led to her admission… Continue reading

I saw Midway last night. The film shows the many critical decisions that led to that critical sea and air battle which turned the tide of the war with Japan. The courage of the pilots who flew into storms of… Continue reading

Do you know and live the gospel of Christ? It would be interesting to know how you answer that. Is it your morality, church attendance, personal character to which you look for some assurance? Truthfully, our hope, our salvation rest… Continue reading

Tuesday was a day of lament. Very real pain and suffering, not my own, but in the lives of people for whom I care, brought me a heavy heart.  I prayed earnestly for a couple I love who are standing… Continue reading

Ever been ‘so sure’ that some choice was just the right one, so committed to a course of action you were certain was God’s will, only to find that everything has gone wrong? Looking back, do you see decisions you… Continue reading

Today is Veteran’s Day, formerly called Armistice Day. It was set to mark the end of the ‘war to end all wars,’ that awful conflict in the early 20th century that saw armies in trenches, an exercise in madness that… Continue reading

You can give others an amazing gift. You do not have to be wealthy, young, old, male, female … just faithful! Yes, you can pray for others. The Bible tells us to “… pray for each other so that you… Continue reading