My Blog About What I Would Blog About From a Rugby Match
I’m flying home from England as I write this. Last night was only the second Rugby match I’ve attended. Same team, but seventeen years separate my two experiences. The team (belonging to the Rugby League – not Union) is named READ MORE
Hope For the Future and Memories of the Past
I am in England as I write this, visiting the place we lived for seven years. We raised our children here and the place is packed with memories. I sat on a bench this morning overlooking a soccer field gazing READ MORE
It’s Not As Easy As it Looks!
I listened to a podcast sermon recently about discipleship. The message promises me a good life, right away, if I choose to wholeheartedly follow Jesus. Ten minutes in, the guarantee is quite undeniable that choosing Jesus will bring about “contentment, READ MORE
The Path of Acceptance Is Good for Your Health
The choices we make when we experience hardship determine the kind of person we become and also how we view Jesus. We can embrace what Jesus is asking of us, or we can resist it. Resistance blurs our view of READ MORE
God Does What He Does, Through Us!
He has chosen us to bring comfort to those who grieve. Recently a good friend’s wife died of cancer. I had the honor last weekend to officiate at her memorial service. I know from experience how a person is supported READ MORE
I Am Not Jealous of My Wife’s Love for Jesus!
My wife, Elaine, often says that Jesus is her best friend. I am not offended by this. I’m actually better off because of it. If she is able to draw her strength from Jesus, her expectations of me are less. READ MORE
When Difficult People Cross Your Path
The tendency when there is conflict is to react in one of two ways. I can defend myself and assume the other person is in the wrong, or I might humble myself and agree with the criticism just leveled at READ MORE
The Antidote to Failure Is Not Better Performance
It is easier to be a fanatic than a faithful soul, because there is something amazingly humbling, particularly to our religious conceit, in being loyal to God. O. Chambers We are a culture that measures effectiveness by outcomes. Anything short READ MORE
Not Really A Sacrifice
A Thanksgiving SHOUT Out to Mom and Dad from their four children The day my son, Travis, turned four I had scheduled an elders meeting at the church I was pastoring. I did something that is still embarrassing to write about. READ MORE
Asking Different Questions From Thirty Years Ago!
I am in a new season in life when I am asking different questions from thirty years ago. For most, if not all of my life I have needed to be needed. Recently with the help of what could be READ MORE