“Euphoria” is a profane story about teens who drink heavily, use drugs, and engage in promiscuity. A recent article spoke of how most people claim it is shocking and ugly,  yet it is currently a TV hit!  Yes, there is… Continue reading

Where are you ‘at home?’  I love my house because it is not just the place where I go to sleep, it is my refuge, where I can relax, a place that is comfortable. When I traveled beyond the borders… Continue reading

One of the things about living here in NJ is the “entertainment” that comes with winter storms.  Our local forecasters love to hype a storm, particularly it seems to me, snowstorms. The next one is going to be a ‘monster.’… Continue reading

The only sport that I really follow is football and what a play-off season it has been! Who thought, 10 weeks ago, that the Bengals would be going to the Superbowl on February 13?  The reporting often focuses on the… Continue reading

“He’s gone.”  I was just finishing breakfast with a friend yesterday when that text message told me that another long-time friend had come to the end of his journey here on earth. The weight of death’s finality pressed down on… Continue reading

When someone joins the staff of the President of the United States, they must realize that they are not there for their own agenda.  Indeed, they learn to say – “I serve at the pleasure of the President.”  That does… Continue reading

On Friday I joined the virtual service for our former Assemblies of God General Superintendent, George O. Wood. Dr. Wood led a full life, a distinguished leader known around the world. He led well and left many recognized accomplishments here… Continue reading

The church I was serving as pastor was constructing a new parsonage and there was a choice to be made about the foundation. One of the committee’s members wanted us to use a new kind of prefabricated wall. I favored… Continue reading

Knowing my love of biography a friend handed me a slim paperback titled Evidence Not Seen (Harper One, © 1988). Darlene Deibler Rose wrote of the 4 years during which she was a POW in a Japanese internment camp in… Continue reading

I slipped into sleep last night thanking God for loving me not because I am good enough but because He is gracious. I know my short-comings too well.  Occasionally pride creeps up with its ugly thoughts of others. Yes, sometimes… Continue reading