Can We Talk?

We all have those experiences we will remember for a lifetime. Sitting with my son in a beer garden in Germany, with a few thousand closest friends, during the 2006 World Cup hosted by Germany is on my list. My son was of an age it was important for him to begin to...

Left Hand From Right Hand

  “Watch out! Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven. 2 When you give to someone in need, don’t do as the hypocrites do—blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention...

“Suppose you have 100 Sheep…”

“Suppose you have 100 sheep…”   I love how this story starts! Jesus is hearing a lot of grumbling about what He has been doing…who He has been eating with, drinking with, etc. And so He tells a story! And inside of this story, like so many other times Jesus talks...

From Out of the Ashes

In the last two weeks, there have been a series of events which has really impacted my world. All of these events involve people dying…and before you get immediately turned off or think “I can’t take a heavy story right now!”…read a little farther.   One of the...

One Person’s Junk Might Be The Answer!

We continue to preach the slogan, “everyone can do something” because, well…it is true. Let me give you another example. Recently I was made aware of a troubled youth. For reasons that I won’t go into here, he has been tagged by the school as a problem child. His...