Fresh heart for the journey
You say you’re having a tough day? The alarm didn’t go off and you started out hopelessly late … traffic was heavier than usual … your boss gave you a look which suggested a pink slip in your immediate future … the parking meter expired during lunch and the city wants an extra $25 […]
WE’VE MOVED! Dear friend, Just a quick note tucked in between weekly devotionals … Paul and Joan Walterman have moved. And with them the mailing address for Fresh Heart […]
“You see, we don’t go around preaching about ourselves. We preach that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we ourselves are your servants for Jesus’ sake.” II Corinthians 4:5 New Living Translation You can enslave someone, but you cannot give that person a servant’s heart. Jesus wasn’t a slave by background or family history. He […]
Where there is sin, God must punish. But where there is repentance, God must forgive! Reading straight through the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Lamentations takes us on a tumultuous ride through much of Israel and Judah’s sad history. Their story, spread out over decades of poor living and lousy choices, is staggering. But seeing […]
What a difference a leader makes! Little Josiah was only eight years old when he became king of Judah. Both his father and grandfather had failed miserably as godly kings before him. But in his eighteenth year as ruler, this twenty-six year old monarch was given a copy of God’s covenant with Israel. As […]
In the annual National Prayer Breakfast in 1984, then President Reagan told the following story. In the fourth century, Telemarchus, an obscure monk from modern day Turkey felt an inner impulse to leave the quiet, monastic life of prayer and gardening and journey to Rome. Upon his arrival some weeks later he found himself […]
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.