It’s the end of Pastor Appreciation Month. Close friend and colleague Willie Deuel set the bar very high earlier this month when he posted this publicly. I’m honored to be included in such company — It’s Pastor appreciation month, I’m gonna give some shout-outs: Victor Long mentored me into the ordination process and recommended a…

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“Learn to love your life more than you ever thought possible. “Work hard to cheer others on. “Look forward to the future with excitement.” That’s Rachel Cruz in her Contentment book. She presents a three-step plan to get there — Gratitude Humility Contentment —  Based on what she writes, my own “Thanksgiving Challenge” to you…

Kinlaw, same source as yesterday: “The hope of the world lies in the people who give themselves to Christ for cleansing and filling.” That you? Right there where you are? Our Lord sure seems to think so. As St. Paul picks up, right where we stopped yesterday — All this comes from the God who…

“If you surrender your life to Christ, you will find yourself with a future. “What Christ receives, he cleanses. “What he cleanses, he fills. “What he fills, he uses.” Dr. Dennis F. Kinlaw, a hero of mine, wrote that in This Day with The Master. St. Paul, in 2nd Corinthians 5:17, “Now we look inside,…

“Modern Art = I could do that + Yeah, but you didn’t.” — Craig Damrauer   Have you seen everything that church is doing during this pandemic? We could have done that. But we didn’t. Remember the time you saw that person do such a simple thing that made such a major difference? We could…

Jay-Z: “We were kids without fathers, so we found our fathers on wax (records) and on the streets and in history. We got to pick and choose the ancestors who would inspire the world we were going to make for ourselves.” And you?

Since we’ve compiled this long and sorry record as sinners and proved that we are utterly incapable of living the glorious lives God wills for us, God did it for us. Out of sheer generosity he put us in right standing with himself. A pure gift. He got us out of the mess we’re in…

“Christians need to recognize that things are bad because we are bad, and if things were as bad as we deserved, they would be a whole lot worse.” That’s Steve Brown again, same source as yesterday. It’s from an early book of his, originally titled When Your Rope Breaks, and reprinted as God, Are You…

“How ya doin’?” “Better than I deserve!” is how Dave Ramsey answers that question. I’ve admired many things about him for several years. At the top of my list is that response. It speaks of God’s grace and generosity, and it reminds me of so much. Imagine my surprise yesterday when reading something Steve Brown…