Now, please don’t get defensive; I really don’t either and was reminded of this again recently. I was reviewing Chapter 11 of a very good book that CCF uses for mentoring. The memory verse for this chapter about the church is: “I (David) rejoiced with...
There are a lot of troubling things in the news these days. I guess it has always been that way. Wars, famine, natural disasters, injustice, crime. It can be easy to not pay much attention, to think it is someone else’s problem. To be wrapped up in our own concerns....
Family, church is a hospital for sick people, so I feel like I can be transparent with you. I confess that sometimes I don’t feel like serving. Though in theory I desire to be obedient to my God and show care to my community, in practice sometimes I drag my...
2 Corinthians 5:17-19 English Standard Version (ESV): “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of...
Since my teenage years I have wanted a Jeep Wrangler. However, my first job out of college was 3+ hours of driving each day, which required a subcompact economical car. That was replaced by a mid-sized car which would fit a family of four, and that was replaced by a...
