On April 18, I found out that I would become the pastor of Marshallville United Methodist Church on June 10. Whew! It's hard to...

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...

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...

Jesus was not a nice man. What do we mean when we characterize someone as nice? I guess I picture someone who smiles a lot, who never...

The winds blow. The cold surrounds. We stay within four walls. Months pass. The sun beats down. Bright skies continue. We stay within...

Surely it's an unpleasant job. I went to the dentist this week, to get a lost filling replaced. The tooth didn't hurt, but the filling...

The older I get, the more I cling to routine. It gives me comfort. I like having order in my life. Still, life is about change; when I...

It's crazy, I guess, but at times I've told folks that it looks like I don't have time for friends. Friends take time, don't they? ...

It's just one of those months. I can't help but stare at my calendar sometimes. It's absolutely too full. People aren't meant to live...

Could it be that we've got a control problem? For heaven's sake, when we became Christians, we asked Jesus to be our Lord. We asked Him...