Fresh heart for the journey
Fresh Heart For a New Week “Look, I’m dying of starvation!” said Esau. “What good is my birthright to me now?” Genesis 25:32 New Living Translation ‘Now’ is often part of a fool’s philosophy … trading a future treasure for immediate fulfillment. It’s saying “No” to tomorrow by saying “Yes” to now. It’s thinking about […]
I believe in prayer, but have lessons to learn about praying. I am a board member of Kidzana Ministries, whose simplified mission statement is to “equip local people to reach local kids all around the world.” Toward that end, they, along with many other mission organizations have launched an endeavor to raise up, train and […]
Fresh Heart For New Week CAUTION! A political message follows (but primarily one with spiritual implications!) Are we listening? If there is one verse in all of Scripture that Republican, Democrat, Independent, Whigs, Green Party members and any other variety of folks with political persuasion have miserably failed at, it has to […]
– “The world has just exploded into chaos. My home is gone, resources have dried up and there appears no help forthcoming. Where in the world is God?” – “There is fear in my heart. The political landscape is frightening beyond anything I have ever known. The future is blacked out. Is God aware? Where […]
Good morning! This is not a “Fresh Heart For a New Week.” This is simply an explanation of the new format you have now received for two weeks. As I previously forewarned you (smile) … I now have a new website: freshheartministries.org and your weekly devotions from me are coming from that site and in […]
“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” Aren’t you glad I told you that? Actually, that sentence is a ‘pangram’ – a phrase that uses all the letters of the alphabet in a coherent and short manner. You may remember it from typing class if you’re older than 50 years old! It’s […]
I was outside this afternoon vacuuming the grass in my backyard OK, an explanation is in order. We live in the desert on acreage with at least a thousand jackrabbits and cottontails within hopping distance of our home. And, obviously they are partial to green growing grass over dried up tumbleweed. And as they eat […]
Fresh Heart For a New Week I don’t make it a habit of talking to inanimate objects. You won’t find me conversing with fire hydrants, lamp shades or running shoes. I have nothing to say to swinging doors, stop signs or the tires on my car. I do, occasionally, tell my tomato bush that it’s […]
I made up an amusing word the other day. At least, I believe I am the first to have coined it. Its meaning is: Looking forward to something that doesn’t turn out as you expected. The word? ANTICIPOINTMENT. I know of few pastors who at some level cannot identify with that word. Ministry usually comes […]
I recently heard a speaker recount an experience he had as a young boy growing up in the hills of Tennessee. He was at an old general store watching some locals sitting on the porch turning pieces of wood into piles of shavings on the floor. “You’ve been doing that all day,” he said to […]
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.