Fresh heart for the journey
I can get lost in Christmas faster than you can drop and break a Christmas ornament. I lose myself in its majesty. I’m not sure how accurate a portrayal our church plays are. I suspect that the plastic baby Jesus and the eight year old wise men wearing their Dads’ safety-pinned bathrobes probably don’t do […]
There’s a strange party game popular right now. It’s called “Would You Rather” and it poses questions like: – Would you rather be rich and ugly, or poor and good looking? – Would you rather go without television or junk food for the rest of your life? – Would you rather only be able to […]
“Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!” Mark 9:24 You don’t teach a young child to ride a bicycle be starting them on a unicycle. You start off with training wheels. Those bolt-on ‘balance enhancers’ aren’t the end … just the means to an end. A unicycle may be […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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.