Fresh heart for the journey
Where we get our information is actually more important than the information we get! Often when people begin a sentence with “They say …”, I want to stop them and ask, “Who said that and where did they get their information?” Call me skeptical but not everything we hear is factual. Some of it […]
I’m not attempting to push you into the spirit of Christmas yet (although for many of you it’s already too late!). But I am fascinated by the comparison of Christmases 100 years ago and those of today. Our celebrations today have some of the same parallels as those of the 1920s. Back then most […]
Friends are people who know you really well and like you anyway. – Greg Tamblyn Sometimes me think, ‘What is friend?’ Then me say, ‘Friend is someone to share last cookie with.’ –Cookie Monster Sometimes I feel like life has been less about working and a whole lot more about collecting friends! […]
“The Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.” Romans 8:26 KJV God’s Spirit makes an incomparable Prayer Partner … especially when the burden is too heavy for words. Our groans are ably interpreted and presented to the Father who knows just what to do with them. We typically […]
“Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom.” Song of Solomon 2:15 ESV It appears strange that the bride-to-be in this Scriptural story appears to be encouraging her fiancé to stage a fox hunt! Yet to Solomon’s readers, foxes represented potential damage to gardens and vineyards, so […]
The last song is over … the performer exits the stage and thinks they are finished … but the audience is not through. They remain standing, ‘ovating’ and whistling, strongly announcing their desire to hear more. And they get an ‘encore’ which simply means again, or some more. One of the longest encores in […]
“Now if you are ready, when you hear the sound of … all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image which I have made, very good. But if you do not worship, you shall be thrown at once into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire; and what god is […]
In a world where civility (courtesy, respect and graciousness) is quickly exiting the stage of life – as people shout at each other rather than speak to each other – as the right of personal expression drowns out the expression of anyone else – where the ability to ignore others quenches almost any attempt […]
I joined a fitness club and in two months I’ve discovered over twenty-seven machines and apparatuses that produce pain. Why, you might ask, did you wait until the middle of your seventh decade to make this decision? I suppose it has something to do with wanting to be able to have a farewell speech at […]
“On the very day I call to you for help, my enemies will retreat. This I know; God is on my side.” Psalm 56:9 New Living Translation Prayer is not the last thing we must do in rough times, but the first. A.J. Gordon said: You can do more than pray after you […]
I am a pastor, teacher, and encourager. I am a happy husband and leader of a family tribe now numbering 13. I am President of Fresh Heart Ministries and consider called of God to help you grow in your spiritual walk … let you know how special you are to God … and have some fun while doing so.