Fresh heart for the journey
It was a great wedding! Joanie and I drove down to Southern California and didn’t drive the 1400 miles in one day! We tried something civilized and stopped to spend the night in Utah. That for us is a vast improvement in taking care of ourselves. The rehearsal and dinner at a steak house […]
What confusing and contradictory times! The only thing about the last eight months that we all agree on – is that there is a virus and it’s here (and everywhere!) Aside from that there is disagreement about how lethal it is… a vicious killer, or only slightly more problematic than the flu? We disagree […]
After fifty-seven years of marriage and an embarrassing number of moves over those years, Joanie and I have found a most amazing place to live. It’s the kind of place anybody in the world would like to reside. Once we made our choice, the move came easily. There were no pitches to pressure us, […]
Could God play “Brahms’s Lullaby” using just a bass drum? There are times in our lives when we need to ask ourselves preposterous questions about our God. Scripture requires it. If God is able to “[carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly more than all that we dare ask or think [infinitely beyond our […]
You step into a restaurant to order breakfast. The place is dirty and makes you feel ill at ease. A cranky server interacts with you, giving you the feeling she’d rather be anywhere else but taking your order. The food is long in coming and short on everything else. The bacon isn’t […]
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men.” Matthew 6:5 NIV It’s rather unfortunate that in the church today, we tend to hear only ‘professional pray-ers.’ You know, the ones who know how […]
I’m a bit melancholy today. Not the kind that spirals down into depression. Mine is more like a slow-down of my thought processes to think about things that I seldom think about. And even my mild melancholy doesn’t amount to much nor does it last long. With the motivational gift of ‘exhorter’, I’m a […]
You met my mother-in-law… now meet my father-in-law. Marriott was a survivor of the wild and often frigid winters of North Dakota. He was an amazing man, strong of opinion, dedicated to getting unheard of deals when he purchased new cars, was a neighborhood hero for coming to anyone’s aid if they needed help, […]
I had the most amazing mother-in-law! Peg Albertson started as a teacher in a one-room school in Northern Wisconsin, and retired as a librarian many decades later. In addition she raised an absolutely marvelous daughter who I was smart enough to marry. In retirement she honed a skill she had practiced for most of […]
I really think that in our poor obedience and stunted requests, we don’t receive from God as much as He would love to pour into our lives. When we give freely of our lives, our finances and strength… and we do it in service and out of love for Him, He loves to surprise us […]
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.