Fresh heart for the journey
Our oldest granddaughter is coming to see us this week… with her boyfriend. He already knows us (kind of). We like him. But while just meeting your girlfriend’s parents can be a challenge, I can hardly imagine his temporary discomfort coming to spend a couple of nights with his girlfriends GRANDPARENTS!!! A two generation […]
You’d understand that a man whose earliest memories recall Scandinavian potlucks in the church basement eating Swedish meatballs, hard rolls and cheese … who still remembers names and locations of favorite restaurants in places he hasn’t lived in three decades … who has been on a perpetual diet since 1980, would find great solace […]
As newlyweds in college, we had very good friends who were expecting their first baby. As typical of college students in any generation, none of us was gifted with multiple streams of plentiful income. So it was a rather misguided move on my friend’s part to use the money saved up for their baby’s […]
“The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love;’” Jeremiah 31:3 NIV Who are you, really? There’s the obvious, physical you … the one to whom the door opens when you are viewed through the peephole. This ‘you’ is recognized by face, body style and voice. […]
It was in church this morning that I found myself singing the words “In the sun or rain, my heart celebrates … that you are good to me.” Now if the sun symbolizes good times and the rain denotes tough times, guess which one we’d lobby for. If given the choice, we’d opt for […]
“We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.” II Corinthians 4:7 New Living Translation Things are seldom as they appear. It’s what’s going on inside that should be in […]
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.