Living Between Two Realities Recently, I returned from several days of ministry in Louisiana. It was a busy time meeting new people and experiencing a new culture. A week after returning home, I received a package. Inside was a small, hand-carved...
Whatever happened to the spiritual response called feeling? Some people think our feelings are never accurate and cannot be trusted. These same people are afraid if we allow a person to get in touch with their emotional response to God and life that...
When I was a young cop, I was working the midnight shift as a rookie. My training officer and I received a call to respond to a domestic dispute. These calls carry the potential for violence because people release a lifetime of pain in a single, unscripted moment...
On June 4, 1851, three men laid a stone in the west hills of Portland, Oregon that would later become known as the Willamette Stone. The Willamette Stone was used as the initial point of reference for all future land survey measurements taken in Oregon, Washington and...
(“Thoughts I Want To Leave Behind” is a collection of thoughts and impressions I want to leave behind as I begin to make my final pastoral transition.) #11 The Endorsement Of Your Ministry The endorsement of your ministry takes place when the supernatural presence of...
In each journey there will be a time when you run out of road. You will come to a place where no detour is provided, no crossroad exists from which to choose a new direction and no visible roadway is available to find your way forward. You are in one of...
