Worship Here is the opening paragraph of something I wrote for the Annual Report:“Everyone, everywhere is a worshiper.  We all worship something or someone. Your life is a reflection of that which you...  Read More

Sound of Silence I just thought a few of us might need to hear this kind of wisdom today. Proverbs 17:27,28 – Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of unders...  Read More

Discernment Like everyone else, I have been looking at the new year and I would like to share with you an observation or two that I have had and then my prayer for the people God has called me to serv...  Read More

Bah Humbug Thanksgiving was so late this year.  We hardly have time to ramp up for Christmas.  The weather has been rainy and now warm...not Christmas weather at all.  My wife and I have all ready giv...  Read More

God is Just Sayin’ My wife likes to use the expression, “I’m just sayin”.  She usually lays this on me when she draws a conclusion about something that cannot be proven and that I disagree with.  Her ...  Read More

Subtle Idols Luke 10:17-20 is an important passage, even if we struggle to understand it.  “The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, ‘Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!’  And he s...  Read More

Stuck I am kind of stuck.  I was privileged to preach out of Hebrews 10 this past week and I can’t seem to get the passage out of my head.  I find myself meditating on it constantly.  Thinking over th...  Read More

Same Thing only Different Our church has been studying and learning from the book of Hebrews.  We have come to the point where the author is now ready to apply the living truths that he has been shari...  Read More

Slow to SpeakOne of the greatest gifts God has given us is the book of Proverbs. Wisdom that is so very applicable to daily life is beyond a treasure. So much help for work, relationships, decision ma...  Read More

I AppealWhen I was in college we often would spend our free time in pick up games of basketball, football, or baseball.  They were good times of exercise and stress relief.  Having no officials the ga...  Read More

Enough“When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him...  Read More

Not About YouI knew a pastor who placed a little reminder on his mirror.  It said something like this, “It’s not about you”.  It is a variation of the exhortation that Paul gives us in Phil 2 where he...  Read More