Chris, Sara, Riley, and I met in my office. Riley was rude, making outbursts, demanding attention. He made conversation nearly impossible at times. At one point I tried to address him and he made faces at me along with a… Continue reading

Ekklesia – (ek·klay·see·ah ) sounds like a disease or something bad, doesn’t it? But I assure you, being in the ‘ekklesia’ is a very good thing! Today we use the word, church. Paul called those gatherings of Believers the ‘ekklesia.’… Continue reading

They come in all sizes – a dozen people gathering in a storefront chapel to thousands thronging a cathedral sized edifice. They have differing missions: some feed the hungry, some teach the young, some reach out to seekers, some supporting… Continue reading

Did you know that God wants His people to be prophets? Prophet! That’s a frightening word for me. It brings up images of an angry man, shouting at the top of his lungs about the sins on which God will… Continue reading

Last night President George Bush made a speech from New Orleans. As speeches go it hit all the right notes: compassionate, visionary, and spiritual. I believe most Americans who heard him speaking agreed with the programs he outlined for re-building… Continue reading

His father loved him, perhaps too much. God chose him and while he was young made the sketch of His plans known to him. His brothers hated him- because he was favored by their father and God. So, finding an… Continue reading

While searching for the right room for a meeting I was to attend, I poked my head into an open doorway. There on the floor, in a cardboard box, I saw a pile of dusty, old trophies – once highly… Continue reading

When I think of somebody who chose to hang in there, whose steadiness is inspiring, I think of a man who looked like a bulldog, whose gravelly voice kept England’s morale up all the way through World War 2 –… Continue reading

Children ask ‘why’ so much, it leaves parents exasperated! I was one of those kids. In my dim memory, I recall a nice yellow school bus toy, with blinking lights, that was a gift from my Grandmother. I’m talking 1960… Continue reading

A sage observed there are three messages conveyed in any conversation; “what is said, what you think I said, and what I think I said!” Any married couple understands that one. As they are getting dressed to go to dinner,… Continue reading