While attending the funeral of a friend's father the other day, I heard the pastor use a phrase I haven't thought much of in relation to the reading of God's Word. I've thought about it several times while staring at some unopened boxes from the last move in my garage. A few times a year, … Continue reading “Plundering” Through the Bible

I have been asked the question countless times before. “What does it take to be a good dad?” Fatherhood is a little like leading a child to salvation. As much as I wish there were, there doesn’t exist a checklist whereby we can mark the boxes of prerequisites to be considered by society at large as … Continue reading What It Takes To Be a Good Dad

Judges 3 BOTTOM LINE: You be the nobody God made you to be, and He'll be the Somebody He's always been. OPENING: There goes a story that has been passed down for so many decades that I haven't even been able to locate its origin. It's a story that's rather familiar to many of us. It goes … Continue reading It’s Time for God to Use You

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So, here I am taking the professional development week of my year. It's the week I do the most pondering concerning my career. It's the week I have the most time to myself of any of the other 51 weeks of the year. It's the week that keeps me doing what I do along with … Continue reading Cleared for Takeoff

John 1:1-14; John 3:16-17 WOW! Here we are again asking ourselves, "Is it Christmas again already? It seems as though it was just Christmas, what was it...a year ago?" Where has the year gone? For some of us, we hope Christmas finds us with confidence, because we are fully prepared, wrapped, ribboned, cooked, baked, signed … Continue reading Christmas Hope

Every battle yields a weapon. As a matter of fact, we don’t even get a full 4 chapters into the beginning of the Bible before we see warfare between brothers. Cain, in his fury, kills his brother Abel. Where our canonized Scripture doesn’t say exactly how, some would say it was a stone while others … Continue reading Battle Ready: Weapon of Choice

There are only a couple times in my life I can remember pulling over on the side of the road to help out a hard-shelled traveling turtle. My initial experience was one that left me feeling like an all-time hero. After all, no one before me had noticed the plight of this little guy just … Continue reading Why Did the Turtle Cross the Road?

Flying is always an interesting adventure for me. Firstly, the people I see & hear NEVER cease to amaze me. If you ever think God the Creator is limited in His creativity, visit an airport! The smorgasbord of people there baffles me...all different ages, builds, skin/hair/eye colors, accents. There billions of idiosyncrasies reminding me that, … Continue reading Above the Clouds