Love… Honor One Another, Part 2 17 Jun 201417 Jun 2014 A great example of seeing honoring one another in action is in 2 Samuel 9:1-13 (NIV) where David lives this out for us in his honoring of Jonathan's son Mephibosheth.…
Christian Living Be Devoted to One Another, Part 2 4 Jun 20144 Jun 2014 Romans 12:10 says, Be devoted to one another in love. Christians show that they are sincerely living for God through Christ by being devoted to one another in love. Devotion…
Discipleship Lessons from “Lessons” 2 Jun 20142 Jun 2014 Why does discipleship often seem so hard to do? I mean there are more books, videos, blogs, and seminars on discipleship than ever before. So with all the tools, programs,…
Grace… Lessons from Snot 30 May 201430 May 2014 Yesterday afternoon I was sitting in my car waiting for my daughter Maggie to get out of school. I had already picked up her sisters, Anna and Rachel, who attend…
Love Lessons from Target 29 May 201429 May 2014 Yesterday, I took my daughter Anna to Target so she could use a gift card she had been given. It wasn't long before it became clear that what really had…
God's Love… Life’s Graduations 25 May 201425 May 2014 Graduation is about many things. Accomplishment, achievement, growing up, moving out, moving on, the closing of one part of your life, the beginning of another. All these things have something…
What I've Been Learning… 10th Anniversary 23 May 201423 May 2014 Today is my 10th anniversary of being an ordained minister with the CCCC's (Conservative Congregational Christian Conference). I have been in pastoral ministry for twelve. In reflecting on this, I…
Grace… Lessons from Lie to Me 17 May 201417 May 2014 In a lawsuit the first to speak seems right, until someone comes forward and cross-examines (Proverbs 18:17, NIV). Lie to Me was a TV show on the FOX network that…
Parenthood… The Patience Dojo 13 May 201413 May 2014 Whoever is patient has great understanding, but one who is quick-tempered displays folly (Proverbs 14:29, NIV). As a father, I have been learning that this is a very important truth…
Books… Who Are You Walking With? 12 May 201412 May 2014 Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm (Proverbs 13:20, NIV). Charlie "Tremendous" Jones put his own humorous twist on this verse when he…