(Recommended Reading:  2 Samuel 13 - 19:18 - Quotes from NLT) (Over the years, I've written 2 different stories that I've used for my Father's Day articles. I like them both so much it's hard to come up with something new. So I'll once again be sharing this one that I wrote and shared in … Continue reading A Father’s Love →

If you’ll read Jeremiah 16 you’ll see how God speaks to and then through the prophet Jeremiah to the people of Judah.  God basically instructs Jeremiah to disconnect his life from the people.  Eventually they will begin to question why so many disasters have fallen on them.  Then Jeremiah will declare to them God’s words … Continue reading What’s Written On Your Heart? →

In Joshua 6 is the story about how the Israelites were on a mission to capture Jericho.  Verses 16-17a, 18-19 say:  “Then the priests blew the trumpets, and Joshua yelled: ‘Get ready to shout! The Lord will let you capture this town. But you must destroy it and everything in it, to show that it … Continue reading Get Up! →

Tomorrow we have a national holiday called Memorial Day.   In the late 1860’s many towns & cities began to hold ceremonies to honor the many fallen soldiers from the Civil War.  Waterloo, NY first celebrated this on May 5, 1866.  In 1966 the federal government declared Waterloo as the official birthplace of Memorial Day.  For … Continue reading Thank You! →

I have one of those calendars that has a “thought for the day” then a scripture passage to go along with it.  One day this week the “thought” said this:  “Dear Lord, I know I am responsible for the things I do, think, and say, but I still need Your help in order to do, … Continue reading It Takes One To Know One →

(Recommended reading:  Luke 1:26-38 - Quoted scriptures from NLT) (For those of you that have been following my blog for a long time, this article will likely sound familiar; it is a reprint of one I posted in 2021. But it's the favorite of my Mother's Day messages, so I couldn't resist.) We do not … Continue reading A Mother’s Love →

Many - probably even most - of Jesus’ disciples were excellent at making effective connections with others.  They had to be competent at that in order to spread the word about Christianity as they had been commanded to do.  Jesus’ hand-picked 12 apostles were, for the most part, ordinary men - most weren’t professional or … Continue reading Effective Connections →

(Recommended reading:  Acts 6:1-7) I believe that there are things we each are destined to do in and with our lives.  Some people recognize what this is early in their life and pursue it.  Some learn it along the way, while others fall into it by accident.  Then there are those that ignore or avoid … Continue reading Stand Up & Do Your Thing – Fill Your Pulpit! →

(Recommended reading:  Exodus 11 & 12 - Quoted scripture is from the Living New Testament) This year, the evening of April 22, 2024 at sunset - marks the beginning of the celebration of Passover week.  It is one of the major holidays/celebrations for Jewish people around the world.  Depending on which sect of the Jewish … Continue reading Passover →

Before the Tom Cruise Mission Impossible movies starting in the mid-90’s, there was a television series by the same name that inspired those movies.  The TV show aired from 1966 to 1973, then it was revived for a couple of years in 1988.  Those of you anywhere near my age may have watched that show … Continue reading Your mission, should you choose to accept it… →