When a coach loses too many games; he is fired. When a company loses customers and revenue; the CEO is replaced. When a pastor does not live up to the congregation’s expectations, often a new pastor is called. Have you ever stopped to consider that almost all agencies of the U.S. government have failed? The

Late Again?

Please allow me to share with you something of a personal nature. It is something we all have experienced probably several times in our lives. We all have a horror story about being late — arriving at a wedding just as the bride and groom are running off in a shower of birdseed or picking up your

Can You Fix It?

Having served as a Pastor for over thirty years, I have observed people whose lives are “broken.” Sometimes they would come to me and ask me if I could fix “it.” It may be a broken marriage or a parent/child relationship. Sometimes people look at their situation and conclude “This is so broken it cannot

The Way Up is Down

In an earlier post, Keeping Score, we talked how people keep score. But in the game of life, we need to know how God is keeping ‘score.’ How do we know if we are growing spiritually in our lives? You may think this verse is over simplistic but here is the way God keeps score.

What’s New?

Isn’t it amazing how some words get our immediate attention?  Words like FREE! Or HELP! How about SALE END TOMORROW! Madison Avenue advertising companies know the importance of using just the right words to attract consumers. Probably the must overused word in advertising is the word NEW! I am not actually sure why that word has

Finishing Well

“…Run in such a way as to get the prize…”  1 Corinthians 9:24  “…And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us”. Hebrews 12:1 “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race,…” 2 Timothy 4:7 The story is told of a young man who had the same testimony every

Good News or Bad News

Have you ever did something nice for someone and it upset other people? Sometime people are hard to figure out. Taken for example the demon-possessed man that Jesus healed in Luke 8. Jesus had completely delivered the man from many demons and you would think the entire community would be glad but just the opposite.  Verse

Change?

It has been said that no one likes change; except a baby with a dirty diaper. Of course some change is inevitable: aging, changing of seasons, diminishing eyesight, etc,  More than 90 percent of girls – 15 to 17 years – want to change at least one aspect of their physical appearance, with body weight