I have long observed – not judged – but just observed the lifestyle of Christians and where they seem to be comfortable in their walk with Christ.  Some are what I call ‘sold-out-to-Jesus Christ’ Christians.  Some are satisfied with becoming a church officer, Sunday School teacher, musician, take-up-the-offering-person, committee member, etc.  Some are nominal Christians,…

I remember Peggy Lee’s number one hit in the late ‘60’s, “Is That All There Is?”  I really didn’t pay much attention to it.  It was kind of a ‘downer’, but I liked the melody – and it did give me pause in my own life concerning what I was doing at the time and…

This is a short story of a time when I thought that perhaps the Lord had just asked too much of me.  After all, Genesis 3.19 tells us ‘that we are from dust, and to dust we will return’.  Ecclesiastes 3.20 tells us ‘All came from the dust and all return to the dust’.  And…

Several years ago, I was listening to a well known preacher on my car radio.  He was giving the most amazing message – and one that I needed desperately to hear.  His message concerned Joseph (of the Old Testament) – and how, despite everything Joseph had had to go through, he never retaliated!  He not…

When my youngest son was six years old, he announced that he wanted a dog for Christmas – and a ‘real’ one!  Previously when he had asked for a dog, he always got a stuffed dog toy, or other animal.  That particular Christmas, he had gotten the Pink Panther, nearly as tall as he was….

I recently heard a pastor of a large church in California say that he preferred Isaiah over David concerning the trust/fear issue.  In his prophecy, Isaiah said (12.2), ‘I will trust, and will not be afraid’.  In Psalm 56.3, when seized by the Philistines in Gath, David said, ‘What time I am afraid, I will…

Back in the 1980’s, Sandi Patty and Larnelle Harris sang a duet unparalleled to any other, in my mind, anyway – “I’ve Just Seen Jesus”.  It moved me like no other piece of Christian music ever had at that time.  (See lyrics to the chorus at bottom of page.)  And I have ‘seen’ Jesus more…

One September many years ago, my boys and I were running a little late to get to our Christian School on time.  After going to the car, it came to me that I had forgotten a book that I would need that day.  I rushed up the back steps, burst through the door — and…

Generally, every February I dedicate this space to having something to do with ‘love’.  Here in New England, February can also be the ‘flu and storm month’, but given that Valentine’s Day greets us with a note of positivity (for most), I like to write about one of the three major ‘loves’ – briefly, eros,…

2020 is gone.  It is over.  Never were people so happy to kick a year to the curb.  It was the ‘year that was’!  I heard Charles Swindoll say recently, “Other than the normal difficulties a year can bring, Covid-19 ignited a powder keg of emotions that exploded one by one – like walking through…