This Angel Didn’t Have Wings
“Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it!” (Heb. 13:2) For many years I worked at a lumber yard that also...
View ArticleAn Abundance to Give
For the past few weeks, I have been teaching about the Feasts of Israel as listed in Leviticus 23. Last Sunday morning at Journey Church, I started a two-part study of the Feast of Tabernacles, or...
View ArticleWhy Jesus Christ Is NOT My Personal Lord and Savior
One of the most disconcerting statements ever conceived by a misguided Christian is the one that says, “Jesus Christ is my personal Lord and Savior.” I must take issue with this statement for a number...
View ArticleThank You For Saying, “Thank You”
On Mother’s Day this year, just before I headed for the piano at church to practice with the worship team, my phone “binged,” alerting me I received a text on Facebook Messenger. I didn’t...
View ArticleThe Day My Grandmother Talked To Me About Sex
“The man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame.” (Gen. 2:25) One day in 1979, I was visiting my grandmother at her apartment in Oswego, New York. Not known for her subtly...
View ArticleThis Is NOT My Money
“Everything we have has come from you, and we give you only what you first gave us!” – 1 Chronicles 29:14 Have you ever thrown yourself a pity party and you didn’t invite anyone except...
View ArticleSometimes, Jesus Wears A Skirt
“It is not good for a man to be alone. I will make him a helper who is his equal.” —Gen. 2:18 (literal translation) The late night call to Barbara and me in Baton Rouge came from my mom in...
View ArticleThe God Who Runs
“And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.” –Luke 15:20 I’d like to share with you a snippet of...
View ArticleNo More No Less
I rarely post excerpts from books, but Henri Nouwen’s The Return of the Prodigal Son has been rearranging my thinking and my theology lately. Enjoy. The elder brother compares himself with the younger...
View ArticleGod Answers Our Imperfect Prayers
“Meanwhile, Peter continued knocking. When they finally opened the door and saw him, they were amazed.” – Acts 12:16 Are you an unbelieving believer? I know I am! How many times have I prayed about...
View ArticleWe Are Not In Competition
“Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul.” – Acts 11:25 One of my greatest joys as a pastor is the friendships I have with other pastors in my town. I’ve been having Friday morning coffee for...
View ArticleThe Crumbs of Faith and Hope
“Jesus said to the woman, ‘I was sent only to help God’s lost sheep—the people of Israel.’ But she came and worshiped him, pleading again, ‘Lord, help me!’” Matthew 15:24-25 As I write this, the...
View ArticleHabakkuk’s Complaint
I’ve been reading (and rereading) the book of Habakkuk lately. It is a small book nestled between Nahum and Zephaniah and is unique among the prophetical writings in that it contains no message to...
View ArticleI’m Just Like Moses. . . .On A Bad Day!
Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water. . . Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock...
View ArticleOn Being Afraid Of Not Trying
Thoughts on The Parable of the Talents — Matthew 25:14-30 Since I’m now of middle age and questionable wisdom, I’ve been spending some time wondering what I want to be when I grow up. I know that...
View ArticleJesus: The Prodigal Son
“The younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. . .” Luke 15:11-24 When I first studied this passage back in Bible College, it...
View ArticleWhen God Is Finished With You
“Then Moses went up Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab and climbed Pisgah peak, which is across from Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land, from Gilead as far as Dan.” (Deut. 34:1). A few...
View ArticleHoly Transparent
For four years I was an Assemblies of God minister and a monk with the Brothers and Sisters of Charity at the Little Portion Hermitage. This is an excerpt from my book called Taking Off My Comfortable...
View ArticleWhen God Says “No”
The King David went in and sat before the LORD and prayed.” – 2 Samuel 7:18 When I was in Bible college, I met a girl that I was quite taken with. She was beautiful to look at, loved God with all her...
View ArticleLeaving The Dirt Behind
“Then the Jews…incited a mob against Paul and Barnabas and ran them out of town. So they shook the dust from their feet as a sign of rejection and went to the town of Iconium.” (Acts 13:50-51) Like...
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