There was once a man...
I've become my own sermon illustration. "I knew this guy one time,..." Today I weigh eight more pounds than I did seven weeks ago. It's...
Big Town
What a day! Our small town had its annual festival today, starting with a pancake breakfast at the senior center, then continuing with...
Almost Fit
Six years ago, I invested in a home gym. At the time it was about two hundred dollars, so the cost was significant enough that I felt...
Get Out While You Can
As I travel around country roads in my job as a pastor, visiting the best folks in the world, I get to see a lot of wild animals. Of...
Imaginary Talk with God
I pulled up my chair close to His throne to have a little talk with my Father. "Wonderful Dad, remember how You said that I could ask...
Need Extra Hours?
God has been known to manufacture time. In Joshua 10:12-14, God actually made the sun stay in place for a whole day, so the Israelites...
Big Visits
It's amazing how powerful the act of visiting another person is becoming. Have you noticed? We don't visit other people like we used to,...
Out of Focus
Read any good books lately? I'm reading some books right now, and that's a real shame. As of this morning, I'm in the middle of nineteen...
Would You Go Out There?
Maybe God just doesn't make men like David anymore. In the story of David and Goliath, I just can't imagine me doing the same thing in...
Faulty Heroes
The Old Testament doesn't pull any punches. The heroes in our faith history were often prone to making mistakes. The Old Testament...
