“Now, don’t forget….” How many times have you heard that? Our lives are full of responsibilities, big and small. Our brains are stuffed with things we must recall – get the oil changed in the car, pick up shirts at… Continue reading

Guys who are getting married often joke about losing their freedom. “She owns me now,” they moan, half seriously. It is true that a married person is no longer just ‘me!’ They now live as ‘we.’ If a married man… Continue reading

I’m very sorry about AIDS orphans in Africa, starvation produced by poverty in Zimbabwe, and tyranny in North Korea, but, what can I do about these things? I just want to turn off the news! Yes, I am experiencing some… Continue reading

Last week, when the news was full of another politician’s infidelity, Bev said, “Promise me that you will never have an affair!” My response surprised her, “I can’t make you that promise.” I explained that IF I think that I… Continue reading

The sermon was on the subject of loving completely. I had made the first point about our inability to love well unless we have experienced God’s love. I moved into my next idea about those things that keep us from… Continue reading

Some situations appear to be beyond hope, don’t they? It’s over. Vitality is gone. Any spark quenched. Churches appear dead! Relationships turn cold. Love for God evaporates in the heat of temptation and trials. Can these things live again? According… Continue reading

I am a citizen of the Kingdom of God, are you? This kingdom has no national boundaries, does not extend its interests with guns, and has no earthly throne. There is an army for this Kingdom, but it is armed… Continue reading

The church building is filled this week with life! I love it! Kids are everywhere. Adults planning games, stories, and songs are talking together, drawn together by the work. I know of at least three people working our Vacation Bible… Continue reading

I am in the mood to reflect this morning, being my 54th birthday. A collage of faces and a chorus of voices play through my memory today; of the good people who have mentored me. There’s my Dad, now with… Continue reading

When I was 18 I earned my pilot’s license. Part of instruction in flying was something called ‘being under the hood.’ George Kouba would hand me this strange looking plastic device that went on my head like a cap with… Continue reading