Fresh heart for the journey
What intriguing times we live in! The last year has been confusing, contradictory, convoluted and decidedly constrictive! Very little of it has been comforting, conciliatory, calm or convincing. We’ve been left with deep emotional pockets of frustrating and fuming. But that’s only part of the picture. Against this dark backdrop stands One who walks […]
It was April, 1953. I was ten year old. In a few weeks I would celebrate my eleventh birthday traveling by train from Chicago to Los Angeles to spend the summer with my cousin. Those three months, plus a three day/two night train trip by myself held great expectations. I would join my cousin’s […]
“(Israel) even spoke against God himself, saying, ‘God can’t give us food in the wilderness. Yes, he can strike a rock so water gushes out, but he can’t give his people bread and meat.’” Psalm 78:19,20 New Living Translation I love it when in a worship service ‘we’ quit singing and ‘I’ start singing. It’s not that […]
What gets me into heaven? God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Ephesians 2:8 New Living Translation Imagine heaven with egos! If what we did or who we knew or what we possessed or how smart we were could get […]
Believability – who earns it? For the last forty years or so we’ve had increasing difficulty believing our politicians. What they say isn’t necessarily what they mean or know. Truth isn’t quite as important as expediency or appearances. And how believable are those ads promising instant relief from everything from acne to high blood […]
Mike was babysitting his five year old daughter Melissa while he was repairing the roof. Not a good combination in the best of times. As Mike returned to his ladder after a visit to the garage to get a tool, he found Melissa on the roof, grinning widely. As he began ascending the ladder, she […]
“It looks dead out there,” my wife said, looking into our backyard. And she was spot on correct. From the brown grass to the lifeless rose bushes, the bare butterfly bush and ‘branches only’ fruit trees … it all looked dead. And if I hadn’t seen it happen every spring for many decades I would […]
“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 […]
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.