Hey my dear readers. As of tomorrow morning, bright and early, I’m going to be on vacation for two weeks. I’ve had an exhausting and trying year, so I’m looking forward to the break. I don’t know how much I’ll be able to post while I’m away, but please stay tuned. Don’t remove me from your feeds or readers. I appreciate your thoughts as well as your prayers. Oh! I just made up a joke: Question: Did you hear of... Read more

I like being treated as a normal human being. Yesterday a member of our community, someone I consider a friend, just dropped by my study with a cup of coffee, plopped in one of my chairs and just chatted away with me as if I was a normal human being. A friend. That person has no idea how much that meant to me. This person wasn’t looking for anything, didn’t think I had some special piece of advice stored upstairs... Read more

I have some good news that I would like to share. Our church building has been sitting on about 18 acres of land. Over the past several years this land has increased in value. That’s normal. What’s unusual about this land though is that the value has sky-rocketed because it has become commercial, institutional and industrial land. We were approached a few months ago by a company wishing to purchase 4 acres from us. After all the conversations and lawyers... Read more

The pastor’s ego must be crucified if the pastor would love. Yesterday the worship leader started and people interjected with things they wanted to share. People spoke here and there sprinkled among the several songs. People prayed for others. There was fellowship. Encouragement happened. It was a good day for the community. A really good day. And I watched it all happen. As noon approached that I realized I wouldn’t be speaking that day. Besides, pretty much everything I wanted... Read more