On the Outside Looking In

On the Outside Looking In

Each morning, I take my dog outside while it’s still dark for a walk around the yard. As I passed by a window that provides a view into our living room, I stopped to look inside. In the softly lit window frame, I could see my lamp, computer, and writing chair. This is...

The Danger of Premature Dismissal

Those who first sound an alarm can be seen as an interruption to those who are asleep. Many will dismiss the alarm because they can perceive its sound as premature, ill-informed, or pure fantasy. This misinterpretation of reality will continue until the cause of the...

In Times of Absurdity

Yesterday, the word “absurd” kept coming to mind as I looked across our culture at the redefinitions of reality taking place. The level of absurdity of what some are accepting as truth seems to be on the rise. I took a stroll through several dictionaries and compiled...

A Shaking in the Earth and the Spirit

In the week leading up to Easter Sunday, a swarm of 3,000 earth tremors took place in Northern California, in a very confined area between Medford, Oregon, and Redding California. To a lesser, but still significant number, swarms of tremors also occurred in the...

Touching the Face of God

When I twenty-three, I soloed for the first time as a Private Pilot trainee. My instructor was not much older than me. One day after practicing a few touch and go landings, he signed me off and let me fly solo. That first time around the pattern alone was a...

The Cross, the Tomb, and the Throne

Years ago, while still pastoring a local church, I was preparing a message to preach on Easter morning. During the week as I studied, the Spirit spoke a profound sentence to me that became the core of my Easter message then and continues to this day. “The Cross is...