John Newton penned the now familiar line – “Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me!” Newton knew the depths of wretchedness. In his youth, he had gone to sea and over time became a captain,… Continue reading

Given that life can be frustrating, that people disappoint us, that situations of unfairness exist all around us, we get fed up and sometimes vent our anger in entirely inappropriate ways. Well, I do, anyway! I would not want some… Continue reading

Trophy – it’s a funny word, isn’t it? The dictionary defines it as “anything serving as evidence of a victory, valor, or skill.” Last year I won one, sort of, at the Pinewood Derby, sponsored by our church’s boys group.… Continue reading

There are hundreds of books that teach us skills we need to win. Some counsel on the ways of building wealth, others on the agility necessary to mastering a game. But, I am convinced that a skill most needed is… Continue reading

The greeting card business has to be a lucrative thing! It costs four bucks for a piece of paper, some foil imprinting, and a ribbon! The practical side of me says, “Jerry, just go fold a piece of paper, write… Continue reading

When I was a little tyke in Sunday School, we sang –“The devil is a sly old foxand if I could, I’d put him in a box.I’d lock him up, and throw away the key,for all the dirty tricks he’s… Continue reading

Christians celebrated Palm Sunday yesterday, the day in which people of ancient Jerusalem welcomed Jesus as their King, or so it would seem on the surface of the story. The story of the restoration of Lazarus from the grave after… Continue reading

Tom Rees, a pastor in Pennsylvania, sent out the following….My prayer is that you might follow some or all of his suggestions and find that your celebration of the Resurrection is more blessed than ever before.________________________ I invite you to… Continue reading

I love my wife. Serving her, caring for her, meeting her needs is no burden to me. I do not calculate whether we are ‘equal’ in our expression of love, or that I have ‘done enough’ for her, or if… Continue reading

If you want to irritate me, just start to ‘explain’ the difficult experiences that surround us. The preachers with booming voices who declared that the attacks that cost 3000 lives on September 11, 2001 were ‘the judgment of God on… Continue reading