Recently I sat down with the editor and owner of a Christian newspaper. We discussed many different topics but when we hit on one that was close to my heart, I really got going. I think you can recognize someone’s passion by the way they talk about it. I began to talk about the church and the call to be the hands and feet of Jesus. To make a long story short, the owner and editor of the paper has given me the opportunity to contribute a column to the paper entitled Hands and Feet. I am excited… Continue

All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do. Galatians 2:10

I was preparing for a message on living by the Spirit this past Sunday and I couldn’t help but think about this verse. So matter of fact from Paul isn’t it? In the first part of Galatians he spends time talking about his calling and how it happened and how his theology developed when he discusses his arrival at Jerusalem. He meets with the leaders of the chu… Continue

Today, at my oldest son's wedding, I will read the blessing which I reproduce below. He has chosen well, and his wife is a fine, lovely Christian woman. It seems but a flash that was 22 years ago, and I was holding this little guy in one hand, now he is 6'4" and quite grown up. I am proud of his success and this will be a wonderful day to start his joint journey with his bride. Let us pray. Eternal God, Creator and Preserver of all life, Author of salvation, and Giver of all grace: Loo… Continue