Approaching what I hope will be a super football game this Sunday, here’s another great line from Bum Phillips (if you don’t recognize the name, see my humble blog here from January 29) —- “Two kinds of ballplayers aren’t worth a darn: one that never does what he’s told, and one who does nothin’ except…

Susan Mason is a friend I met through Patty. This happened yesterday in Susan and Kurt’s home, and it’s with her expressed and gracious permission that I can share this with you here today — Conversation early this morning with Erik: Me, at hearing a radio update of the Senate’s Impeachment Trial: This isn’t going…

Rev. John T. Vidakovich is the kind of friend we could all use more of. Johnny Vee, as we call him in our home, is someone with whom there never seems to be enough time to tell all the stories, share all the laughs, commiserate, prop each other up…you get the idea. I hope you…

Pastor Harvey and I were at Shirley Mae McCommis’ funeral when I heard a song that was new to me, sung by Barry Manilow. The lyrics are worth your time today — “Where Does The Time Go?” Oh, what a time What a warm an wonderous time So sweet a shinning moment in the sun…

“To profoundly change our lives, we must do more than repaint the car or change the battery. We may need to change our means of transportation or change the destination altogether.” — Bruno Gralpois

Around 200 churches will close this week, maybe more. The pace will accelerate unless our congregations make some dramatic changes. 4. We must start doing. Most of us like the idea of evangelism more than we like doing evangelism. Try a simple prayer and ask God to give you gospel opportunities. You may be surprised…

Meet me in your Bible where it says “God moves in mysterious ways.” I’ll wait. Still waiting. Let me save you time:it’s not in our Bibles. The closest our Bibles come to that line about God having “mysterious ways” is Isaiah 55:8-9, “My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says…

Picking up where we left off yesterday with the Why, and with gratitude to Simon Sinek for encapsulating Why so well. (Quick Intro to him and his work: https://simonsinek.com/about/simon-sinek) Cast all your anxiety on God because God cares for you. — 1st Peter 5:7 Our Bibles, and our songs both old and new, tell us…

I won’t bore you with how many revisions this has had today. Just know that my Editor, also known as Martin (the puppy who lets us live with him) has been working overtime this morning. He probably needs a nap. More than a handful of my friends are having an extra-difficult time this winter, for…

These nine are from a site called Becoming Minimalist. Whole lotta truth packed in here. I’d like to share one every other day or so with you, filtered through Scripture, for your consideration and application — 9. Find Happiness in Your Every Day. Happiness is not something to be pursued, it is something to be…