Fresh heart for the journey
“So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t do what I say?” Luke 6:46 New Living Translation Jesus has gone from preaching to meddling. He’s just given the crowds his philosophy of living … ‘the Beatitudes.’ He’s instructed them to love their enemies, quit judging others, learn to give freely […]
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:18,19 NIV The recently married young man hesitated asking the question for fear […]
“So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.” 2 Corinthians 4:18New Living Translation (NLT) I have friends who I credit with helping […]
We can all identify with the Prodigal. We may not have made it all the way to the pigpen, but there are parts of his story with which we nod and say “Been there, done that.” To some the common thread is impatience. It’s all coming your way … someday. It’s just not soon […]
Running on empty … It’s happened in the last two Nascar races. The driver leading in the last lap of the race ran out of fuel and was passed just yards away from the finish line. The potential ‘victory lap’ became the embarrassed coasting to a stop … just an ‘also ran.’ What a […]
They are memories that not only linger, but gain in value through the years. Our firstborn’s first steps. Held up by my wife from behind, his legs wobbly as he looked ahead at me. I must have seemed miles away. Yet it was only an arm’s length. And then our second son’s first solo […]
“Listen carefully: Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground, dead to the world, it is never any more than a grain of wheat. But if it is buried, it sprouts and reproduces itself many times over. In the same way, anyone who holds on to life just as it is destroys that […]
As a five year old and the first of what would be five of us ‘Walterman kids’ I sometimes had little supervision in church. And church was an important and frequent part of my young life. Dad was the pastor. Baby sister Dawn would be held by a friend or grandma … Mom […]
After many years of commercial flying, I’ve developed a philosophy. Regardless of the turbulence or nearby thunderstorms and in spite of the tightly gripped armrests of my seatmates … if the pilot and crew are not worried, neither am I. As long as the flight attendants are still smiling and serving us from the […]
When it comes to obeying the law, most of us pick and choose. I won’t text and drive, but I will drive 10 MPH over the limit I wouldn’t think of running a red light, but will jaywalk occasionally Some rules seem so flimsy, obscure or absolutely meaningless that they’re fairly easy 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.