My first year out of seminary I worked in a church as an associate pastor. I remember the first time we did a baptism. The senior pastor told me to get some water to use for baptizing the baby that morning. I was a little unsure where to go.
What a strange world it is God has created. God could’ve set up the world any way he wanted and yet he chose to create a world where we have to work to hear, discern and follow his will. Think about that for a moment. Wouldn’t it be a
Nerd alert: I subscribe to Biblical Archaeology Review. I love it. Every month there’s new information about what’s been dug up and how we can learn from it. In this month’s edition there were a number of articles that dealt with death; more specifically with the afterlife. Some of
I joined the Big Brothers Big Sisters Program when I was in college. I had a little brother for the final 2 years of my time there. When I was leaving, I gave my “little” (as they call them) a few gifts- one of which was a Bible. I decided to
When our 4 kids were little, they would get up from the dinner table and head to a room we called the toy room. It was in the toy room that they played games with one another, but it was also the place where they wrestled, fought and generally
You may not have heard of a guy named Pete Best. If not, there's a good reason for that. He was the drummer for the Beatles from 1960 to 1962. Best was kicked out of the Beatles right before they achieved worldwide fame with their new drummer, the one
Sometimes when I’ve had a rough day at the office I’ll go home and start complaining to my wife about a situation that irritated me, a person who got under my skin or a class that didn’t go well and I’ll tell her what I’m going to do in
When I was a kid, if I said something inappropriate in front of my parents my dad would fire off a stern look and say “watch your mouth mister”. The implication was that I had the ability to control what came out of my mouth. As I’ve gotten older
I’ve been a churchgoer all my life. I’m not bragging. In fact, it was a little over the top when I was growing up. We went to church every Sunday and Wednesday; we went to church when we were on vacation. We’d walk into a church hundreds of miles
I spent the past 10 days in Israel. It’s a fascinating place. In addition to all the amazing biblical and historical sites, the land is teeming with people from all over the world. People come from the 4 corners of the earth yearning to see and experience God. That’s
