Fresh heart for the journey
Who Are Your Heroes? “The godly people in the land are my true heroes! I take pleasure in them!” Psalm 16:3 New Living Translation Living in a culture that puts more emphasis on style than on substance, it’s easy to get confused about who our heroes are. – When we insist on artificial color added […]
I don’t have any friends named Eliphaz, but if I did I’d probably ‘de-friend’ them. Guilt by association. Job had a friend by that name (Job 4) and he turned out to be a finger pointer, a denouncer, a fault finder where none existed. He specialized in criticism cloaked in false concern. […]
He will not shout or raise his voice in public. He will not crush the weakest reed or put out a flickering candle. He will bring justice to all who have been wronged. He will not falter or lose heart until justice prevails throughout the earth. Isaiah 42:2-4 New Living Translation For those of […]
A Blog for Pastors Are you the Worship Leader in your church? No, you say, I’m the lead pastor, the senior pastor, the christian education director, the administrator. OK, but are you also the Worship Leader? You should be, regardless of what title you carry. Is leading a congregation in worship as […]
They should have known better, those close advisors to this king whose faith in God was big enough to send a small stone at a large giant. The counselors were only doing their job. They looked around, made assessments on what they saw and then advised accordingly. And what they saw was shocking indeed: […]
I had to destroy them, but I grudgingly respected them nonetheless. Working in my backyard (read ‘extended sand dune’) I became aware of movement on my legs. Looking down there were several small red ants making their way over my shoes and up my leg. I brushed them off and continued working. […]
60 Seconds of Pastoral Pondering It was called ‘Friend Day’ and was in our church playbook to use occasionally to get our people to invite their unchurched friends to a specific Sunday. It was usually accompanied by some success. There were people who discovered that church wasn’t necessarily all that frightening and that the […]
It was Ralph Waldo Emerson who pondered what we’d do if the stars only came out every thousand years. His response? “No one would sleep that night, of course. The world would become religious overnight. We would be ecstatic, delirious, made rapturous by the glory of God.” But alas, someone has observed, stars […]
In 2005 country singer Carrie Underwood released the song “Jesus Take The Wheel.” It was the story of a young mother going through difficult times and her Christmas Eve drive to Cincinnati with her baby asleep in its car seat. As she hits black ice and loses control of the car, she releases the […]
When Jesus was looking for answers that weren’t available, He didn’t cry “Uncle.” – He cried “Father!” “Jesus prayed this prayer: “O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding these things from those who think themselves wise and clever, and for revealing them to the childlike.” Matthew 11:25 New Living Translation […]
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.