IT MEANT SOMETHING ELSE

While we can appropriate Scripture to apply to many of our concerns, we need to understand what the Lord was saying when a verse was first written. The Lord said, “Bring my faithful people to me – those who made a covenant with me by giving sacrifices” (vs....

ALIVE IN THE DARKNESS

I’m noticing an increasing number of people are losing the strength of their original faith – a faith once vibrant and filled with hope. They don’t have enough belief left to power their faith or take a step of obedience because they feel disconnected and...
TOGETHER IN HIS PRESENCE

TOGETHER IN HIS PRESENCE

Don’t let the photo freak you out. Jan and I are alive and well. The following post connects the message on the headstone to the Thanksgiving gatherings many of us will enjoy today.  About 20 years ago, Jan and I purchased burial plots in the Historic Cemetery in...

PUTTING MY FOOT DOWN

Last summer after I tore the quadriceps tendon in my left leg and had surgery to reattach the tendon, I entered a long season of physical therapy and recovery. I am just now feeling somewhat back to normal. It has been a long haul. Simple things like walking became a...