Early this week, my friends, Jared and Angela Okoth had an opportunity to share a powerful message with the children at the Boys and Girls Club in Humboldt… my hometown. Our friends at the club have a program called “RAP” which is designed to engage the children with teaching about good citizenship, forgiveness, encouragement, caring…
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…
BAM!… and just like that, dozens of children hear about Jesus. How cool is that? You know, in the fickle modern times that we now live in, some churches are still able to pull off awesome VBS events. First Baptist Church of Medina is one of those. I was blessed to be invited to join…
Recently, I was asked to participate in the RAP program at our local Boys & Girls Club (Humboldt). As a CEF local director, I have organized official CYIA activities there for several years, mostly in the summer months. However, on this occasion I served as concerned citizen and missionary. The RAP program is designed to…
This post is a small way to say thank you to the men and women who serve their communities through Boys and Girls Clubs. I have been blessed to have a good relationship with them for over six years. I have worked in these facilities, sharing the Good News with many of the children who…
Last night was a great night at our Gathering. Our brother, Buddy Belew, brought the Word to us, speaking about the current state of the small “c” church in our nation. It was a bit heavy, but addressed some honest issues that many of us also see in the land that God has planted us…
Is what you see, hear, smell, feel, and touch the totality of your existence? Lord, I hope not. The sound of a baby crying in the distance… the smell of comfort food drifting through the home that you grew up in… the feeling of comfort that comes from a dear friend hugging you during a…
Last night at Englewood Baptist Church, I felt a familiar feeling. This is a feeling, a sensation that I have felt in the past. It is an air of expectation, waiting for the powerful hand of the Lord to sweep into a congregation and reveal things that are much bigger than they expect they can…