Today in this newspaper you will read about victims: stabbing victims, shooting victims, sexual assault victims, and victims of natural disasters, like hurricanes. There will be elderly victims of fraud, young victims of parental abuse or neglect, and civilian victims...
Lazarus, the brother of Mary and Martha, is one of my favorite people in the New Testament. He might be called the senior professor and academic dean of the school of “less is better and nothing is best.” He learned personally that God will bring your something to...
One of the greatest personal crises I have faced in the ministry revolved around the issue of forgiveness and a board member. I struggled relating to this man, and I knew that I couldn't continue on the way things were. So I decided to resign my pastorate.The week...
A lady had recently been baptized. One of her coworkers asked her what it was like to be a Christian. She was caught off guard and didn't know how to answer, but when she looked up she saw a jack-o'-lantern on the desk and answered: "It's like being a pumpkin."The...
The leather jacket, once the proud work of a skillful artisan, now lay on a heap in a secondhand store. Once stiff and full of gloss, it lays now limp and tattered. Once able to wrap itself around the handsomest of men and provide great glory, its life is now at an...
"Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some." John 21:6A former client of mine was the marketing director of a large food brokerage company and told me a story about one of their client grocery stores located in the upper Midwest. It seems...
My Daughter:As I look at you and review your life thus far, I am amazed and astounded. It is as if I am looking in a mirror and reviewing my life. I see the hardships, the struggles, the pain and the strife. I cry tears for you. My heartaches and my compassion spills...