There are many people who sit week after week on church pew’s, and suffer in silence. They are broken and crushed by life and have become debilitated in functioning normally. As the recent suicide of comedian Robin Williams brought renewed attention to mental health, depression, and suicide, as well ...

When I think of paying it forward, I’m also reminded of Jesus’ admonition to “do to others what you would have them do to you”. (Luke 6:31)  That is a great place to start when paying it forward.  Whatever makes your heart smile will most likely make another person’s heart ...

I overheard a comment in my classroom today that made my ears perk up and my face cringe. The teen was surfing through multiple tabs in her browser, which included her Pandora account. Turning to her classmate she made a comment about the station she was listening to a mix ...

My friends often ask me why, when I write, I capitalize the nouns depicting God, the Holy Spirit, and Jesus when I am typing verses from Bible versions that do not capitalize them in their text.  The nouns are he, him, me, mine, those kinds of words.  The only answer ...

What is faith? How do I get faith? Can I lose my faith? What if I have a doubting faith? Does anyone have a 100% solid faith with no questioning? Does faith only come to a person when/if God allows it? Can I gain faith just by going to church ...

As a child of the 70’s and 80’s, I was hooked on video games the moment my Dad brought an Atari 2600 game console into the house. Through the years, I owned the Sega Saturn, various portable hand-held systems and even several generations of the Playstation. With each passing decade, ...

What do you get when you mix oil and evangelism? The answer is: Williston, North Dakota. This area in the northern tier of the United States has been producing 450,000 barrels of oil a day. It has passed Alaska and is second only to Texas. By 2017 this region is ...

There is a wise saying about family unity: “The family that prays together, stays together”. There’s another saying that existing in contradiction to this one, however: “Every family has a black sheep in the flock”. Both have been proven true in the family dynamic, throughout time. My pastor often tells ...

I love the millennials’ attitude towards life, not their behavior, which is even more bold and brash than the 20’s. YOLO (You Only Live Once) is their motto for everything-good or bad; incredibly fierce or incredibly stupid in choice and demeanor. They are not afraid to try anything. Their “live ...

Take a look at this food for thought… “This is a little story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got ...