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Going back to the ‘journey’ theme, because I admit I’ve been in some heavier subjects lately, is this light-hearted post about our family trip from last summer. This summer, let’s just say we are feeling our age, have an infant, and are just focusing on some farm improvements. But last summer, we really did go…

“You aren’t going to find a perfect church, and even if you did, as soon as you joined it, it wouldn’t be perfect anymore.” Have you ever been told this by someone? If you haven’t, it may be an indication that you are the type of person that says this to others. If you have,…

I was visiting with a friend recently and asked him how his dad was doing. “Not good! He expected to lose his job last week but it didn’t happen, but he expects to lose it soon.” Those are scary words for a man of God, who takes God’s charge seriously in providing financially for his…

Continuing on with my model described here, let’s talk about contemplation and action. Left extreme: Monk. He sits on a pole, contemplating, meditating, ruminating, denying his flesh of very comfort, and every other movement, so that his mind/spirit can ‘be free’. Learn of this idea here. Apparently, some people have spent, literally, years doing this.…

What images, feelings, and thoughts arise in our hearts from reading this phrase? I’m going to take you on a journey of just five-days time. It started on the 4th of July. I began with my customary Friday routine, leading a worship service at a local nursing home. I often speak ahead of the Bible…

I have a friend named Anthony. He resides at one of the nursing homes I hold services in (we sing, pray, read from the Bible, speak on the passage, then sing again)–I’ve known him for a number of years and he’s been out to our church (he said it wasn’t his style). He lost both…

This title reminded me of my children’s enjoyment in various dress-up costumes. This one might be my favorite. We say ‘blessing in disguise’ because we find that God blesses people after they undertake something hard….raising children certainly fits into that category! The picture below is of Vivian, age 2 (unless asked–she responds with fingers shown,…

Can every ideal be described as the peak performance of two surprisingly complementary factors: 100% of one and 100% of the other….GRACE&TRUTH I ask you to try to break this model. I’ll write more on this subject later. Till next time, ~Steve