At this point, it’s probably been written about a lot on blogs and columns around the country. I’ve only seen it mentioned once and that was on The Daily Show, but it’s my turn. At a recent debate among the Republican presidential candidates gathered in South Carolina, Ron Paul talked about our country’s foreign policy. …
I’ve Believed Lies
For as much as I want to deny it, I can’t deny the fact that I believe lies about myself. I read a recent article my bishop wrote about faith and works. It was good, and I affirm what he wrote to be worthwhile. I go through periods in my life that whenever I hear…
With 2012 On the Verge
Recently, when I’ve spoken and written about fear, I’ve gotten the most responses. The topic of fear strikes a chord in many people. It certainly strikes me between the eyes. I’ve come to hate and not affirm it as an unavoidable necessity of life by which I justify fight or flight. With 2012 on the…
Content With Contentment?
godliness with contentment is great gain — 1 Timothy 6: 6 I sometimes feel that all I do is not enough. I’m well aware that this is a lousy mindset for anyone in ministry, but this discontentment is real. I recall my wife sharing with me at a very dark time the verse above. Her…
It Is Possible
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. . . No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father’s side, has made him…
Ahead of God
“Is faith found in that to be a determining factor in how we should act? Probably not. Again, Jesus said, “Apart from me you can do nothing.”
A Return
Peter said to him, “We have left everything to follow you!” “I tell you the truth,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age (homes,…
Please People or God?
Because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the…
Depression, Springsteen & Bethel Live
I always appreciated a woman who was a member of a church my wife pastored. She would say when she had a bad day she would always come home and listen to some Bruce Springsteen songs. Once she heard how bad things were in those songs, her day didn’t seem as bad. While I was…
Forms of Power
I’ve stepped out in recent days and created a new You Tube channel. I’d be the first to say that it appears to be a reflection of my ego before its characterized as anything else. Most immediately, I’m willing to affirm that this channel is more of a reflection of my playful desire to tinker…
Psalm 102 in The Message 