THE NECESSITY OF A PORTABLE FAITH

Portability in things like insurance or investments is important. It allows us to move those policies and portfolios through the changing seasons of life and not experience unnecessary loss.  Our faith must have the ability to be easily moved through the changing...

SLAPPING THE FACE OF HELL

I received a glimpse of something taking place behind the veil that separates the seen and unseen world. When the Lord first captured my attention, I heard the sound of a face being slapped. That one slap became a loud chorus of a multitude of slapping impacts. Then I...

WHEN FEAR LEADS

When a crisis begins the first voices to speak are typically voices of fear. As fear takes hold, solutions are offered to mitigate our fear. Some of those offerings may later prove to be faulty after closer examination. Our greatest ally in such times is the gift of...
OUR ONLY SAFE PLACE

OUR ONLY SAFE PLACE

I took a picture of this pitiful worm right after a rainstorm. The worm along with hundreds of others just like it had left the safe soil of the earth to crawl out onto the pavement and die. The sad plight of the worm reminds me of a life of faith. Our only safe place...

HUNGRY FOR MORE

One of the positive things to come out of this time of social isolation is spiritual hunger. People are hungry for more. It would be unfair and unrealistic to attach to a pastor the demand to provide all we need in the form of teaching and fellowship. That must become...