I was speaking at a conference and had to rent a car to get from the airport to the conference site an hour or so away. I rented a squirt of a car. The lady at the car rental desk asked if I'd like an upgrade. I answered, "Nah." After all, I'm five feet tall. What...
I shall never forget that first Sunday morning offering: $85. The church's monthly mortgage payment was $232, not to mention the utility bills or having anything left over for a pastoral salary.I shall never forget that first Sunday morning offering: $85.When the...
Lois and I were married in September. By July we were living in Celina, Ohio and I was pastoring a little country church they called Beaver Chapel. We celebrated our first wedding anniversary there in our neat little white parsonage across Swamp Road from the church....
"I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." - John 10:10The search was on!We were ready to take my mom and dad back to their vehicle and begin our trek back home from our much- enjoyed camping trip.Only we couldn't find the...
Last week when I felt like I was walking a rocky road and I was feeling "down", I know God intervened and sent someone to lift me up. I have been recuperating at home with a back injury and had just had surgery on my knee. I had been wishing that people I knew had...
One Sunday afternoon last October, a lady came to the door, trying to get rid of a lost cockatiel, which had lit on her shoulder as she walked along. While we put a free "Found" ad in the local paper, we improvised a cage out of a large plastic milk crate, setting it...
A number of years back my wife and I moved to North Carolina, where I took a job as program director and morning show host of a Christian radio station.After much thought and prayer, we packed our belongings and loaded the U-Haul for our first major move. I never...