Peace! It can be an elusive quality of life. Deadlines and pressures, conflicts and chaos, give us knotted muscles, furrowed brows, and hearts full of unrest. Sometimes, in the middle of a busy day, I close my eyes and escape-… Continue reading

Americans like to think of themselves as a ‘classless’ society. It is true we do not have royals and commoners, but there are social divisions between us that cannot be ignored- defined by access to wealth more than any other… Continue reading

From time to time, I think “What’s the use of all this?” The apparent futility of resisting evil and sin’s destruction, at times, is overwhelming. Evil sneers from the dark corners of the world defying the Believer’s hope for change.… Continue reading

The church that I pastor meets in a large building with a high vaulted ceiling. I am familiar with every corner and room in it, yet… walking through the building in the dark of night still makes my heart pound!… Continue reading

I had the tires on Bev’s Jeep balanced last week. Driving down the road there was a noticeable- thump, thump, thump – indicating that this service was needed. The technician took the wheels off the vehicle, put them, one by… Continue reading

Once known as the the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Nativity, the imposing stone structure stands at the corner of 17th and Tioga Sts. in Philadelphia. Her majesty is still evident despite years of neglect and vandalism. There is a… Continue reading

Holiness is beautiful, an expression of love and devotion. It is the way to become a person filled with God-potential! Never thought about it that way? Consider what Peter writes: “You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy… Continue reading

Robert Blake, the aging actor accused of shooting his wife, showed his evident relief in the courtroom as the verdict in his murder trial was announced – “Not guilty.” He leaned forward on the table, breathing heavily and trembling. Later… Continue reading

Bernie Ebbers, former milkman and good ole’ boy from Mississippi, was convicted in Manhattan yesterday of multiple criminal counts involving financial fraud in the company he had built into one of the world largest communications firms- WorldCom. He was charged… Continue reading

Over this past weekend, I devoured Jim Bakker’s book entitled, I Was Wrong, (Nelson Publishing, 1996) which he wrote after spending more than five years in federal prison for a fraud conviction! Bakker, as you may remember, was an Assemblies… Continue reading