Dec 8, 2023
Happy Friday! Last Sunday, I approached Tammy, our Ding Dong Ditch leader, and asked how many people we had that still needed to be chosen/adopted/sponsored. I believe 31 was the number. But Tammy immediately followed that number with the following statement,...
Dec 7, 2023
It’s a message illustration I’ll never forget. The pastor was sharing how he visited a family where the wife had just received a terminal cancer diagnosis. That’s always tragic, but this particular instance had some untimely components. The husband was a United...
Dec 6, 2023
When I write it is similar to when I preach. Thinking about the meditations for much longer than it takes to sit down and type out the words. The whole process, the thinking, the planning, then the actual writing, is a sacred time and space. When it is done well, it...
Dec 5, 2023
When King Ahaz found out that because he wouldn’t join in on Israel and Aram’s fight against Assyria, they were going to attack him/his kingdom, to say that he was afraid would be a giant understatement. “They were badly shaken. They shook like trees in the wind.”...
Nov 30, 2023
Black holes, some of the most enigmatic and fascinating phenomena in the universe, are far from being mere voids in space. Imagine a star ten times the mass of the Sun, compressed into an area as small as New York City—this is the essence of a black hole. Such an...
Nov 29, 2023
It was my last hurrah to remind my children that their childhood didn’t suck. Over the years as they were growing up, with both parents working, mealtimes were often a challenge. Our night meetings mixed with their sporting commitments and church things for...
