Fresh heart for the journey
“For heaven’s sake, what on earth are you doing?” Sounds like a Mom question as you prepare to depart for school in the middle of a Chicago winter wearing a tee shirt, shorts and flip flops. Then she would probably ask: “Are you serious? What are you thinking? Are you thinking?” Then the […]
“ As the Scriptures say, ‘No one is good—no one in all the world is innocent.” No one has ever really followed God’s paths or even truly wanted to. Every one has turned away; all have gone wrong. No one anywhere has kept on doing what is right; not one.’” Romans 3:9-12 NLT […]
“Spiritual Jitters”: a temporary condition brought on by reduced trust. This results in high blood pressure, tremors, racing heart rate and often questions without reasonable answers. Only known antidote is renewed trust. Picture the disciples, observers to miracle after miracle. They had seen blind eyes open before their astonished eyes. They had seen demons […]
The five Walterman siblings are doing something they seldom do … get together. Now spread across the country, from Georgia to Arizona and from Texas to Idaho, being together takes a little effort. But here we are – from oldest to youngest – having a grand time. The Psalmist was right when he penned, […]
“So Moses lifted his hand to the sky, and a deep darkness covered the entire land of Egypt for three days. During all that time the people could not see each other, and no one moved. But there was light as usual where the people of Israel lived.” Exodus 10:22,23 New Living Translation These verses describe […]
God has had some outstanding messengers to deliver his messages to man. Back in the Old Testament he had his prophets … men and women beyond bribe or threats. They delivered his dispatches in powerful, sometimes strange, but always clear ways. The New Testament had some spectacular oracles as well. Listen to Peter preach […]
There’s a hole in the bottom of our ‘seed bags.’ We’re constantly sowing seeds as we move through life … seeds of kindness, seeds of indifference, seeds of joy or sadness and despair. We plant seeds of righteous living or a corrupt lifestyle. And what we sow is what we have put into our […]
In the Old Testament book of Jeremiah (chapter 29) we read a fascinating vignette from one of Israel’s less-than-spectacular periods. Her sins and disregard for God are being dealt with. The majority of the brightest, best and most talented in the nation have been carted off to Babylon to serve its leadership. Soon after their […]
“You are the world’s seasoning, to make it tolerable. If you lose your flavor, what will happen to the world? And you yourselves will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless.” Matthew 5:13 TLB Jesus didn’t call us to be bland and flavorless. While we’re not to be obnoxious, narrow-minded or worse still, closed […]
Imagine hearing a testimony here! Augie delivered beer. It was his job. Augie met Jesus personally. It was his greatest joy. Augie had a testimony and when not telling it, he would be singing it while driving his delivery truck, in the shower and occasionally inside the supermarket cooler while loading beer from the back. […]
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.