Fresh heart for the journey
It was a friendly contest to see which couple could put a 300-piece puzzle together the quickest. Both puzzles were similar in difficulty. Imagine the awe and shock of our challengers when in less than ten minutes, we were done! Then imagine their sneers as they discovered our 300 pieces were randomly poked into […]
One solitary piece of a 500 piece puzzle does not a picture make! What piece of your puzzle are you puzzling over? Does it make sense to you? Can you see where it fits into the whole? Even with the picture on the cover it’s difficult if not impossible to see where and how […]
Sitting by the hospice-provided hospital bed in the living room of friends, the wife looked at her failing husband as he fought life’s last battle … and asked a question she knew did not have an obvious answer: “He’s ready to go, but why does God delay?” Why, indeed. Throughout Scripture we find the […]
“Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else. For we are each responsible for our own conduct.” Galatians 6:4,5 New Living Translation It’s easy to get lost in a crowd. But I think it’s […]
The bend in the road is not the end of the road … unless you fail to make the curve! Ever been thrown a curve? Of course you have. We all have had the experience. You are expecting one thing and get something else. A promise made to you is broken. An eagerly anticipated event […]
When the state and federal government decided to do a ‘make-over’ of a major freeway intersection near us we were told it would involve some inconvenience. Inconvenience? That’s like saying that Chuck E Cheese may get noisy on a Friday night! We’re still months away from completion of the master plan for improving our drive […]
“Don’t burn out; keep yourselves fueled and aflame. Be alert servants of the Master, cheerfully expectant. Don’t quit in hard times; pray all the harder.” Romans 12:11,12 The Message Although we’re to ‘endure hardship’ (II Timothy 4:5) we are not to expect it to last the rest of our lives! We are to wait the […]
The memory is still fresh … even after thirty-nine years. For almost a month before Christmas I lived in the glow of a gift’s anticipated reception. I knew it was a gift my son wanted but assumed was too expensive. And the cost in 1974 dollars put some strain on the holiday budget […]
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.