Today I sit in the snow and I am freezing cold. I open the box; pull out the little book inside. I flip through the book to the next empty line and I sign my name and write the date. I pass the book to my buddy and he enters his John Hancock. We close […]
When you and I decide to walk with God we enter into quite a challenge. We move onto a harder life path, a swim upstream. Sometimes the struggle is fierce, and, at times, it may not seem worth the effort. One summer when I was in college I got a job with the California Corp […]
Last month we opened a discussion about which two vital Christian virtues demonstrate our faith is more than fervor. We want to have a faith that has real substance to it. In our world today there are so many ‘causes’ and ‘passions’ and we want to be careful to not simply throw faith in Jesus […]
Today I’m with about eight thousand people at the local sports arena. I’m sitting in a small suite watching the show. I’ve only had the chance to sit in a suite once before, at a professional baseball game. I received a call this morning asking if I could possibly take two young men to this […]
Dear church family, As I sit in my office today there is a lot running through my mind. June is an ending month. Our ministry year is coming to a close as is our budget year. This is a time for looking back and being thankful for all that has happened in the last twelve […]
Why do these kinds of things happen to me every so often? Not all the time, but frequently enough to show me there is a pattern. I regularly find myself is strange predicaments. Tonight I’m sitting on the dugout bench on the local softball field. Our church men’s softball team is getting ready to play […]
I woke up very early this morning, just sat up in bed wide awake. I got up, made some coffee and slipped into my slippers. I open my laptop to see what happened in our world while I slept. Controversy. Controversy. Controversy. Everywhere I look there is controversy. A politician votes with colleagues across the […]
Heaven must be the most incredible of all places. This morning I was thinking about the verse in 2 Corinthians 4:17, ‘For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison…’ Light affliction… is there really such a thing? Today I’m walking around the waiting room at UCD Cancer […]
Hello everyone, This Sunday I am starting a new series on Sunday morning and I would like your input. I am looking at some of the myths that Christians tend to believe. Such as: God spares Christians from having major setbacks or defeats; If we do it must be our own fault. Or: Christians who […]
In the last 15 months it seems like planet earth has been throwing a fit. ‘Mother Nature’ must be experiencing the flu and, when ill, is not a happy camper. If we forget about all the natural disasters that have taken place around the globe prior to Dec. 31, 2009, we would still fill volumes […]
