Becky and I have so enjoyed our stay in Alaska with Kristi, Sam and Joel this week.  The greatest part was just spending time with them - Joel Amar is growing up so fast too!  Sam was our own personal tour guide and led us to some majestic places that words or pictures can’t do justice.  And now, as I pen this my heart is torn as I prepare to go home.  Why? - because I...

Encouragement - “the action of giving someone support, confidence, or hope.”   We all need encouragement from time to time.   Encouragement that “it is going to be ok.”  Encouragement that says,”you are not alone, we are in this together.”   Encouragement that helps you face the day or the task at hand.  Encouragement that brings you that glimmer of “hope!”

Hope for today!   Jesus’ birth was historical, prophetical and life-changing!

Not only life-changing eternally speaking, but life-changing for the present.

But those who have...

The bible says “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.” (Ps 116:15)

We celebrate life and we mourn our lose, but for those who die in Christ we do not mourn as those who have no hope.  The late D.L. Moody said, “someday you will read in the papers that D.L. Moody of East Northfield is dead.  Don’t you believe a word of it!  At that moment I shall be more alive than I am now, I shall have gone up higher, that is all; out of this old tenement into a house that is immortal.  A body that death cannot touch; that sin cannot taint; a body fashioned like unto His glorious body.”

“I was born of the flesh in 1837.  I was born of the spirit in 1856.  That which is born of the flesh my die.  That which is born of the Spirit will live forever!”

We serve a Majestic God and Supreme Savior - He is able!  In fact He...

“…We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - …”

The Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1776 (Preamble)

Most of us cannot quote The Declaration of Independence (including myself), but most of us are familiar with the preamble, specifically - “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.”   Our Independence is dependent upon our creator - God alone is the giver and sustainer of life.   Our Creator has not only given us life, but... 

Happy Father’s Day!

Although men and women express their love differently, their love, and the expression of it, is of no less importance to the family structure and to the health of our culture.  The bible reminds us, “and now bide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” (1 Corinthians 13:13)  There is nothing like “A Father’s Love” -  it is comparable to...

Things of this life are so uncertain - change can come in an instant!   One moment things are going along fine, and the next moment, not so good.  There seems to be no real security in this life.  And the older I get the more I am faced with the reality that I am not going to be here forever.  The bible reminds us in James, “…what is your life?  It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.” (4:14)  If I live to be 120 years old,...

School shootings, volcanic eruptions, flooding, earthquakes, tornadoes, crime, moral decay, aging bodies, death…how does a person keep looking forward to the future?  And furthermore, can one even be assured of the future?...

We celebrated, honored and recognized our Mother’s two weeks ago, and we are looking forward to the same for Father’s Day in just three more weeks!  But this coming Monday, Memorial Day , we pause, honor and remember those who have departed from this earthly life.  “Life”, that is the obvious common denominator.  God is the Creator of life, and of heaven and earth.  He is also the giver of eternal life through His Son Jesus Christ.  But we have an enemy of our souls, Satan.  And he is out to destroy and deceive.  He is out to destroy the family because he...

My heart and prayers goes out to the families of those children whose lives ended tragically, in yet another school shooting in Texas.  There is so much evil and turmoil going on in our world today, it makes me wonder if we are truly living in the last days Jesus spoke of in the gospels?!   There is so much I don’t...