Last week I took the first extended break from pastoral ministry since my Dad died in February. For much of the time I was short-tempered, depressed, and generally anxious. Even though I was with my lovely wife, traveling in a… Continue reading

The elderly woman lived in squalor, surrounded by garbage, eating only the most basic staples. She refused help from the community and slid out of sight. Months later, when people realized they had not seen her at all, police found… Continue reading

Sometimes my life travels a smooth road, one good day following another; and sometimes it gets really bumpy! This is one of those bumpy stretches! I’m not whining, but I think I have had enough of criticism, disappointment, and unreasonable… Continue reading

Bob (not his real name) is a strong man, a hard-working man who makes large machines accomplish amazing tasks, a man’s man who knows about calloused hands and sweat. As we talked earlier this week, he asked about the church,… Continue reading

Paula and Randy White started Without Walls, a church in Tampa, Fl, 18 years ago. It grew to mega-status built around a message that most basically says, “God wants you healthy, wealthy, and happy!” The Whites were not subtle about… Continue reading

About 70 years ago, Walter Scott walked down the sawdust trail at a tent revival in Truesdale, Iowa to accept Christ. A Danish immigrant who was fond of his liquor and quick to swing a fist, he was transformed! His… Continue reading

On a trip yesterday, my Tom-Tom®, a GPS unit, indicated that I should turn left off of the highway onto a side road. I did. Soon the side road turned into a gravel road, then a one lane road through… Continue reading

NOVA, a news documentary program on PBS TV, aired a program called,“Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial.” It told the story of the fight in Dover, PA public schools in 2005 over the teaching of Darwinian theory of the origin… Continue reading

On a clear Summer day in 2005 I drove the twisting road that leads to the top of Pike’s Peak, a mountain in Colorado. The summit is 14,110 feet above sea level! Standing there, like every tourist, I gushed over… Continue reading

A friend died in spite of my faithful prayers. I wondered why. A man told me how he prayed for God’s intervention during that terrible day of 9/11/2001 when New York City was attacked by terrorists. He told me how… Continue reading