Pastor Eric took the pulpit and in 30 minutes laid a foundation of ‘why’ on which he build a house of ‘what.’  He reminded us that we had to take the Jesus Message to the streets. He helped us to… Continue reading

  I experienced the exhilaration of a triumph yesterday as our church rallied to the challenge made by our young assistant Pastor.  He laid out a vision to reach into the lives of the kids who wander the streets of… Continue reading

On my way to the airport this morning, I drove past a car with a price tag I know is well over $100,000.  The driver was going just as fast as I was, riding on the same kind of seat,… Continue reading

He was a pastor, a good one, in the past. Today, he’s a filthy-mouthed, cynical, miserable man. I asked him why the change and his response was to the point: “I lost my faith.”  Further conversation revealed that he ran… Continue reading

Capable of naming sin? Christians deal with the proverbial ‘frog in the kettle’ syndrome. Allegedly, if you put a frog in room temperature water and slowly heat it, it will stay there and cook to death, unable to sense the… Continue reading

Today I start a new chapter in my life, one I could not have imagined even a year ago. Circumstances that define my explanations or understanding have brought opportunity my way and in the will of God, I said “yes.”… Continue reading

Yes, I am human enough to appreciate when somebody says they thought our church gathering was good. Since I’m the guy ‘managing our church services’ I am quick to think about the mechanics of the 90 or so minutes we… Continue reading

Nicholas Kristoff’s Op-Ed piece in yesterday’s NY Times was the heart-breaking story of M. Her plight elicited a deep rage in me. She’s a smart 10 year old girl in Kolkata, India who is about to be sold into prostitution… Continue reading

Many pundits point to the rapid disappearance of living Christianity in much of Europe in the last 50 years as a trend that is continuing in the United States. The Church, at least in the West, is soon to be… Continue reading

In the movie, A Few Good Men (1992), Jack Nicholson is Colonel Jessup, an older Marine, full of self-confidence, a man of the Corps. Lt. Kaffee, played by Tom Cruise, is a young Naval lawyer, who uses Jessup’s pride against… Continue reading