I have been moved to joyful gratitude over and over as it has continually impressed upon me what a precious gift God has given to me. This gift works quietly and behind the scenes to help me be a better person and pastor and to help me do better in life and ministry. I love… Continue reading God’s Precious Gift to Me (and You)
Month: April 2019
Contemplating Easter
“Then Jesus bowed his head and died.” My son gasped. Each night we read to our children from our children’s Bible, and the timing has been great! We worked through the last days of Jesus’ life just in time for Easter to come. We want our children to know the real message of Easter – not… Continue reading Contemplating Easter
Depression: Where is Your Treasure?
On top of all the blues and overwhelmingly sad and empty feelings, one of the great struggles of depression can come when you can’t even identify its origin. Have you ever felt that way? “I’m sad, and I don’t even know why.” Or perhaps you recognize that much of life is going well, but you… Continue reading Depression: Where is Your Treasure?
How Could God Do This?
Betrayed. Nothing else could describe what our son was feeling as we brought him into the clinic and into the room where he would receive the dreadfully anticipated shot that we had tried to prepare him for since about a week prior. How could his parents do this to him? He had even been good… Continue reading How Could God Do This?
How Can I Possibly Sleep at a Time Like This??
Reiterated from Sunday’s message. Click here to listen. We’ve all been there: lying awake at night, our minds swimming in our troubles, emotions aflare, desperate for hope and help, or just downright distressed! To sleep would be both a blessing and a defeated surrender, yielding to the hopelessness of our troubles and an inevitably terrible… Continue reading How Can I Possibly Sleep at a Time Like This??