I just have a feeling in my gut. Can’t really say that I am a scholar on the last days, end times, prophecy, Revelation, or eschatological events. However, I am the world’s leading expert on that sense I sometimes get in the pit of my stomach. Since much of creation is circular, East and West …
Back in the day I heard Amy Grant singing, “I’ve finally found the reason that I’m happy sad.” This lyric deserves a hearty laugh, I thought at that time. “Happy sad.” Impossible! thought my unseasoned heart. One is either happy or one is sad. Forty or so orbits around the sun later I am starting …
Several years ago a hymn from my childhood began to take on a new sense of meaning for me. Give the winds a mighty voice: Jesus saves! Jesus saves! Let the nations now rejoice: Jesus saves! Jesus saves! Shout salvation full and free; highest hills and deepest caves; This our song of victory: Jesus saves! …
The upside of not feeling well is the opportunity to study the Bible, worship, and pray. In some ways, my body simply began to tell me, “If you keep pushing this hard, I will start shutting down on you.” Since I need my body to cooperate for the fulfillment of my destiny, I requested a …
Making the most of our Alaskan resources for the cause of Christ ia important to me and to MCA Church. Helping folks, world-wide, become people of realized potential is deep in the core of our work. Truly, we want everyone to glorify God and grow to their full potential in Christ. People potential is vastly …
A Boaz Operation Report (with one special MCA minister featured) Read More »
Christian author Frederich Buechner is well known for saying, “Listen to your life.” For almost all of my fifty-two years I have been too noisy and active to listen to what my life is telling me. Like a man with ear plugs, I have blown right past the shouting of my body, soul, and life. …
When Paula agreed to become my wife, I remember being overjoyed that this exquisite, gorgeous, brilliant, Christ-like woman would commit to living out the rest of her life as my bride, mother of the children the Lord may give us, and my friend. Truly, one of the most meaningful moments of my life happened when …
Why is enjoyment such a difficult idea for some followers of Jesus to embrace with enthusiasm? It’s almost like God didn’t, indeed couldn’t, say of His creation, “It is good.” The spiritual and the enjoyable are not polar opposites! Have you seen people struggle with the question, “Should I enjoy this or must I be …
Porsche, Pink China, and Planting Gardens? Enjoy! Read More »
I am on American airlines flight 926 from El Salvador to Miami in seat 9C. Maura (seated in seat 9A) is a radiant, bubbly, Christian looking, El Salvadoran woman who appears to be approximately 65-75 years of age. The flight attendant hands her the US Customs form and through hand motions, and a language I …
Just a few hours ago, the State of Georgia executed Troy Davis for the murder of an off duty police officer. I must say these situations are very complicated and fill my soul with a deep sense of sadness and solemnity. Obviously, I support a Biblical interpretation of the notion of dying for one’s murderous …