Finishing Well

"God is our refuge  and strength,      an ever-present  help  in trouble." Psalm 46:1 Today I attended a funeral.  (I'm...

I met a man this week who wanted nothing to do with God, religion or me.  He's dying. I really liked this guy right away. He was honest...

In Luke 18, as we follow Jesus through the days of Luke's narrative, he finds himself going through Jericho.  As he and the crowds walk ...

I apologize for not writing in a while.   I find myself with a new congregation.  One that looks much different than the last. As part o...

Identity is critical.  We live out who we think we are.  How we see ourselves drives how we function in society and how we interact with oth...

God has his fingerprints on everything around us   He is working in us through us and for us to accomplish an amazing outcom...

 "It was at this time that He went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole  night   in   prayer  to God." Luke 6:12 ...

"This is how everyone will recognize that you are my disciples—when they see the love you have for each other.” So, how's that...

This morning the sun rises on a frigid morning in Texas.  It's cold!  The dogs have to go out shortly for their morning "walk"...

This is the last day of 2017.  One year ends and another begins in just a few hours.  We celebrate the end of one year and welcome the new, ...

Life is full of changes.  Daily we deal with new things that we each have to adjust to.  One old sage said, "the only thing that neve...

Today I prayed with a man dying of cancer.   He has come home, in his last days.   He was asleep on a bed that had been brought int...

It's Christmas morning The sun is just creeping over the horizon I've been up for hours reading thinking praying wonder...

There is a day in history that tells us more than any other.  It's a day that reveals how God feels about us. A day when he shows us wha...

One of the great compliments of scripture for any man or woman is when God calls them, "my servant."  It's a rare title, few...