Fresh heart for the journey
“You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don’t think I’m going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I’m putting you on […]
It’s tempting to try to learn of the future … to have your palms read, consult a horoscope, peer intently into the very foggy distance. We’re concerned about what’s out there and we want to know. It’s better to trust. “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will […]
Learning to fear God “ … but because I feared God, I did not act that way.” Nehemiah 5:15 New Living Translation Theologically I grew up with a lot of ‘got to’ and limited ‘get to.’ As teenage Christian boys, our theme song seemed to be: “I don’t’ smoke and I don’t chew and […]
The daily devotional “Fresh Heart For a New Day” has been out now for a couple of weeks. I am thankful for those of you who have ordered copies of it for yourselves and as gifts for family and friends. It is a book that will be opened 365 times in the coming year. If […]
Lessons from my logbook I have a logbook containing information for all 1,392 flights I have ever taken. It begins in 1952 with a short 90 mile flight from Havana to Miami with my parents after a series of evangelistic meetings there. That was my second shortest flight. The longest covered 7,450 miles (Los Angeles […]
He was just a kid with an unfortunate name. Living in a time when your name carried the imprint of what your life would become, you wanted your parents to name you well. Some parents didn’t! Take Jabez for example. In the Bible’s Year Book section of First Chronicles (chapter 4) we find Jabez tucked […]
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.