Last week, when the news was full of another politician’s infidelity, Bev said, “Promise me that you will never have an affair!” My response surprised her, “I can’t make you that promise.” I explained that IF I think that I… Continue reading

The sermon was on the subject of loving completely. I had made the first point about our inability to love well unless we have experienced God’s love. I moved into my next idea about those things that keep us from… Continue reading

Some situations appear to be beyond hope, don’t they? It’s over. Vitality is gone. Any spark quenched. Churches appear dead! Relationships turn cold. Love for God evaporates in the heat of temptation and trials. Can these things live again? According… Continue reading

I am a citizen of the Kingdom of God, are you? This kingdom has no national boundaries, does not extend its interests with guns, and has no earthly throne. There is an army for this Kingdom, but it is armed… Continue reading

The church building is filled this week with life! I love it! Kids are everywhere. Adults planning games, stories, and songs are talking together, drawn together by the work. I know of at least three people working our Vacation Bible… Continue reading

I am in the mood to reflect this morning, being my 54th birthday. A collage of faces and a chorus of voices play through my memory today; of the good people who have mentored me. There’s my Dad, now with… Continue reading

When I was 18 I earned my pilot’s license. Part of instruction in flying was something called ‘being under the hood.’ George Kouba would hand me this strange looking plastic device that went on my head like a cap with… Continue reading

When does a person cross the line from trusting God to ‘forcing God to act’ with presumption? What is simple faith that includes God’s perspective and what is foolishness that ignores the need to make hard decisions? Those are not… Continue reading

People tell me about their troubles and I’m glad to share the burden. I hear things like:“Why did my girlfriend break our engagement?”“My brother in law may have cancer.”“My marriage isn’t working and I’m being tempted by someone else.”“As of… Continue reading

Pictures, sounds, smells, faces- an amazing collage of information out of which I formulate memories – is stored in the billions of cells that form that lump between my ears called a brain! On Sunday, Bev and I set off… Continue reading