I once took a fishing trip with a group of friends to the Gulf Coast. In a little town south of New Orleans, one of the top fishing guides in…
Ah, summertime! The season of vacations, a more relaxed pace of life, adventures, and warm weather. "In the good old summertime...." Summertime is such a wonderful time of year.
But our…
Have you heard this before? "Well, I don't like going to church because there are so many hypocrites there." I've always found that funny because if you allow hypocrites to…
In the culture I was raised, your mother is the most important person in your life. Oh, don't get me wrong, dad was just as important, but he was working,…
"Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or…
There seems to be a cottage industry that has developed in America all surrounding the notion that modern life is lonely. It seems this sense of loneliness flows from the…
"You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored?" So asks our Lord in Matthew 5:13.
Jesus has just given…
I'm writing today from the beautiful 200 acres of the Diakonia Retreat Center in Salem, SC, USA. Our Metropolis of Atlanta begins 5 weeks of summer camp ministry to our…
You remember the story of the Tower of Babel in the First Testament. If not, refresh your memory by reading about the ambitions of humanity in Genesis 11:1-9. Suffice it…
I remember a time when I had to extend the power of attorney to someone to help me deal with a challenge in another state. The whole purpose of the…