40 years ago I began my first full time ministry. I was a youth leader, an administrator, a teacher, a preacher, a chaplain—and far more than I realized I would be--a counselor. In those early …
Christmas Is For “Those People”
If we're honest, we all know of people we struggle with. People much different than us. People we don't know how to be with. Those people. In the 45 years I have belonged to Jesus, I have come …
The Zombie Effect
Disclaimer: I have never seen a zombie movie or TV show. It is my intent that I never will. Maybe it is because of how much I deal with death. Maybe it is because of my own brush with death last …
Don’t Stop.
I posted something similar to this years ago, but with the despair I hear around me as we work through the deep divisions among us, I thought this might be something we should focus on today: A …
Why?
"Why?". I have heard it many times in the last week as hurricanes slam into people in the gulf and Caribbean. I have heard it as I watch news coverage of multiple wildfires which seem to be burning …
Everyone Has A Story
Each Sunday morning I stand on the platform, given the extraordinary honor and responsibility of teaching God’s Word. I look at the people I am talking with, and I am overwhelmed. The youngest (in …