While I was attending Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansa City, MO., I was part time youth pastor at Shawnee Nazarene. During the winter...

I’m not sure what it is that comes over us when we awake to a glorious eastern sunrise, beauty yes, but there’s something else. Night...

Legend has it that as a boy Isaac Newton, while sitting under an apple tree had a fruit fall from the tree onto his head. That’s likely a...

You would think four lanes of road would be enough to keep traffic moving at a decent pace but no, not at 3pm rush hour. It means inch...

In Psalm 18 David writes of God’s power to protect and keep him safe, “the Lord is my rock”. Then with these words he describes an...

Luke tells a story (Luke 17:11-19) of these 10 guys, diseased with leprosy, who happened upon Jesus and called out to him for healing...

There’s been a lot of talk recently about “divine intervention”. Meaning God stepping into a human moment and directing the outcome...

Do you sing? I was awakened this morning a little before 5:30 with a song, a song outside my window sung by a bird, which if it had...

Have you ever had one of those moments when you needed something or were looking for something and suddenly it was right in front of you?...

The city was surrounded by the enemy. Inside the city, because of the siege, it was “every man for himself”. No food. No escape. One...

I love the early mornings because it’s then I get to hear the worship songs of the birds of the air. They sing rain or shine, wind or...

I saw a commercial today, no idea what they were selling, but in it were adults playing team kickball on a baseball field. Yesterday,...

I spent yesterday with our youth group on the beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama. It was one of those ideal beach days, calm surf, blue skies,...

Why Memorial Day? (Joshua 4:4-7) Joshua called together twelve men, one from each tribe, and said to them, “Go over before the ark of the...

Years ago, 2014 to be exact. How do I know? It’s the year Ohio State won the National Championship and we were on our way to Kansas City...

I was, along with 140 million other Americans, walking the greeting card isles for a Mother’s Day card. Two actually, one for my mom and...

This morning, as I often do, I stepped outside with a cup of coffee to enjoy the cool air, the rising sun and the music of God’s...

Maybe this ages me but I am unmoved by car commercials these days. Used to be you bought a car for utilitarian reasons: how many...

“Step on a crack and break your mother’s back.” I watched a kid hopping cracks on a sidewalk while his dad kept calling him to keep up....

Yesterday the “tire low pressure” warning signaled on my car’s dash screen. So I checked the tires, they are not low. Next I checked...