I went to a meeting thinking I was going to take care of a ‘problem,’ but I left the room praying for a person! Before I spent time with him, he was only a name on paper, his situation just… Continue reading

On our cross-country drive from California to Maryland last August, we drove right through Las Vegas. I’d never been there so we pulled off the Interstate and onto the main drive where beautiful buildings stand shoulder to shoulder. Almost immediately,… Continue reading

The speaker was blunt – “We are selfish. We want to be loved.” He talked of couples who get married pledging to love always ‘until death do us part,’ who are earnest in their declarations. Underlying those claims of love… Continue reading

A study released this week predicted that Christianity would be ‘extinct’ in New Zealand, Australia, Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Switzerland when this generation dies off. One of the talking heads on cable TV spent… Continue reading

Today is my wife’s birthday. Were you to guess which one after seeing her, you would probably miss it by at least a decade. God and DNA have been much kinder to Bev than me but I don’t mind, not… Continue reading

My phone rang at dinner time. A scared voice announced, ‘Me and my friends got no place to sleep tonight. Belvidere (the county welfare office) blew us off. Can you help us, father?’ I drove to where these young adults… Continue reading

Harry was in his late 70’s when I first met him. Despite 30 years difference in our ages, I eagerly anticipated times that we spent together. Harry represented Jesus wherever he went because he belonged to Him and loved Him… Continue reading

While looking over a landscape yesterday, I joked – “If this were my yard, I’d bring in a bulldozer.” What others might see as beauty, I view only as a ton of work in the sun, while perspiring, and having… Continue reading

As I continue my faith walk of which I wrote yesterday, the issue of letting God rule my life becomes the issue. There is the temptation to treat God much as England treats her royals, as a figure-head only. The… Continue reading

Throughout the last few days, I have wrestled with a decision that is one of the most significant choices I have ever made. The road I choose will affect my financial situation, my family life, my pastoral calling, and my… Continue reading