God has the ability to identify talent before it is even utilized for the Kingdom of God. Throughout Scriptures we see God calling people who others, and even the person being called, thought they were unfit for a particular role.  Consider Paul, Peter, David, Joseph, Noah, Gideon, Esther, Moses, [...] Continue Reading…

I was reading the Luke version of the feeding of the 5,000 and I saw something in the disciples that I often see in me.  You know the story. Jesus was teaching the disciples and a large crowd followed Him.  It was late, McDonald’s wasn’t nearby, and the people [...] Continue Reading…

One of the toughest verses in the Bible to obey is Ephesians 5:31which says, “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” The process of blending two very different people is what causes stress to many marriages. In my work with marriages I’ve identified 5 of the major obstacles to making a great ONE out of two very different people. Sometimes just understanding what obstacles exist and that they are common to most marriages can helps us better learn to see them not as obstacles, but as God-given opportunities to grow a stronger “one flesh”. [...] Continue Reading…

In my organizational leadership class a younger member of the class made an observation about her student government organization during her undergraduate work.  She believed that one reason it was not very successful was that the freshmen president provided no opportunities to socialize outside of student government meetings with [...] Continue Reading…

What is the balance between helping someone in need and enabling them in a perpetual cycle of bad behavior?  Honestly, I never know. 

In ministry we always have opportunities to help people.  In every church I’ve served as pastor the needs always seemed to be greater than our ability to help. [...] Continue Reading…

I like the fact that God still has me under construction and that I’m not afraid to learn.  That part of me was beneficial recently as God had a good lesson for me to learn about my true heart.
As you may have seen from other blog posts my [...] Continue Reading…

I’m pretty pumped.  I wasn’t even looking for my name and there it was. In case you are not familiar there is a great resource for top blogs. It’s called Alltop.  I use the site often to stay current on the issues most relevant for me.  If you want [...] Continue Reading…

Yesterday we had elections again in many communities; ours being one. In our state and county the number of people voting was at or near 10% of those eligible to do so.  Frankly, that’s disappointing to me.  Where are the people thankful for our right to vote?  We have [...] Continue Reading…

In a June post I asked the question “What is God Up To with Youth Today?” This morning I received an email from a friend’s son.  This 22 year old recent college graduate is seeking our church as a prayer partner for his mission work over the next two [...] Continue Reading…

One of our worship leaders shared a great line in an email to me.  He and his wife met a couple from our area at a marriage retreat recently.  As they got to know the new couple over the weekend they found out the couple didn’t currently have a [...] Continue Reading…