Ouch, That Hurts, it is Freeing, but it HurtsHave you ever taken notice of how much power people have over your life, feelings, and general outlook of each day?  Someone says a passing comment, you in...  Read More

This Year“And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there ...  Read More

Bah HumbugWe all have them.  We don’t desire for them to be anything much but we still struggle during the holidays with a few “Bah Humbug” moments.  Not everything can be candy canes and gum drops.  ...  Read More

Nah, I’m GoodWe, as Americans, do not go for all that politeness and manners stuff. Well, at least us on the East Coast don’t.  If you offer us something to eat, and we do not like it, we just say som...  Read More

UncomplicatedEverything in my life seems to be complicated right now.  I kid my wife that her spiritual gift is being able to complicate the simplest thing.  We cannot go into a store, walk up to an i...  Read More

Thanks Giving ExcellenceThere are some things that move your heart so much that they become imprinted on your brain.  I believe this is one of those instances for me.We held our annual Thanksgiving Ev...  Read More

Gobble, GobbleI broke my own rule.  I cheated on Thanksgiving.  I was at WAWA the other day and there were posters everywhere for their turkey gobbler. It was lunch time.  I am not a huge turkey fan a...  Read More

Been a WhileThere are certain things in life that it is ok if it “has been a while”. It has been a while since I have been to the movies.  It is has been a while since I have seen certain friends.   I...  Read More

OK, Kale is CoolThis past Sunday I gave an awesome illustration of how we may desire to eat cake but eating kale will be better for us in the long run.  I linked it to the principles Solomon teaches u...  Read More

LionsSolomon writes, “The sluggard says, ‘There is a lion in the road!  There is a lion in the streets!’”  Proverbs 26:13.  To us, this sounds like a ridiculous excuse to not do something.  But there ...  Read More

GentlenessFor the past several weeks God has been continually putting before me my failures, and the failures of others, in being gentle.  Gentleness needs to be combined with patience, humility, lowl...  Read More

Only DifferentA couple of years ago, while working on our downstairs area in our church building, I noticed something about men who do construction (even men who are home building types).  Our buildin...  Read More