This is the day when we, Christians, celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the One and Only Son of God. Sometimes, we forget that the rest of the world looks at us through a different lens. Especially in the culture today, we believers are under a microscope of judgement, being critiqued with a narrow set…
Like it or not, it takes real men to do the dirty work of war. It takes real men to do hard jobs like logging, barb-wire stringing, bad bull wrangling… and leading a Godly home (in the Creator’s original design). Real men step into those roles as they are needed and gifted without fanfare or…
I sincerely pray that this new year will bring you peace, joy, and grace in Jesus. I pray that we will all become healthier and more focused on the things that are important rather than the frivolous things that bombard us in the culture war. Trust me, I DO understand that the culture war is…
It is Christmas Eve as I start writing this, around 11:55am, and I begin the process of attempting to put feelings into words on a digital piece of paper. This year as in many others, the business of life, ministry, and annoying health issues (actually, this part is new) have made me say more than…
So, preacher… what do you do? How do you react? How much of yourself are you willing to share, give, put out there on a limb of raw emotion? Those people… those congregants… those who are even on the outside of your tight little circle. They all want a slice of time. Which ones do…
I have felt happy and I have felt sad. I have felt betrayal and I have befriended. I have felt victorious and I have felt defeated. Security, insecurity… melancholy, excited… passionate, unfeeling… powerful, weak… anxious, calm… and on and on it goes. In our humanity (the flesh), we are assaulted with a multitude of feelings….