ON THIN ICE

Years ago, my father and I went ice fishing. It was our first attempt. We gathered our gear and began to walk out on the frozen lake surface and realized the ice was too thin to support our weight. It was winter time and if we fell through the ice we were goners. We...

STAY FOCUSED

This morning, several hours before dawn, I went outside to start my smoker in preparation to smoke a pork shoulder. The smoking process will take about 10 hours, so I needed to get an early start.  It was one of those crisp and clear early fall nights when stars...

A DEMON UNDER EVERY ROCK

There’s a lot of demonizing going on of late. Politicians have recently demonized an entire voting block who oppose their agenda calling them a threat to democracy. Some people are building ministries on the demonization of fellow believers who hold a slightly...

OVERCORRECTION

One of the greatest experiences we can have in a life of faith is to speak the truth in love to people, not trying to correct their misunderstanding about life, but speaking to their souls revealing to them how God sees them. The truth spoken in love can penetrate and...

TAKING OUR FAITH PUBLIC

Out of the upheaval and resulting division that is taking place both in the nations of the world and within the Church, something unexpected will take place. A courageous faith like the faith of Joseph of Arimathea will be revealed.  Joseph of Arimathea was a...