Psalm 106 – Part 1
The young lady we’ll call Tracy stood out as one of the leaders of my first youth pastoral position in San Diego. She was smart, funny, perceptive, cared for people, […]
Psalm 103
How do you stay positive when you face so many negative challenges each day? It is a place you need to get to because if you don’t, the negative trials […]
Psalm 96
Lelia Morris (1862-1929) was quite the woman and wife. As she cleaned the house, new melodies for Christ just bubbled out of her soul. She would stop and write down […]
The Incredible Mom
Jesus had an interesting, thought-provoking way of relating spiritual truths to people. He frequently took common, ordinary objects from life and filled them full of spiritual truth. Can you think […]
Psalm 95
Several years ago Liz and I had the pleasure of seeing a Cirque du Soleil act in Orlando. I must say, the acrobatic, other-worldly ability of these well-fit people blew me […]
Psalm 91
Several years ago as Liz and I walked the beautiful mall downtown D.C., an ominous storm appeared out of nowhere. Before we knew it, blinding rain pelted us, lightning strikes etched the […]
Psalm 84
People can be passionate about the most amazing things. Consider how some folks view their cars as rolling billboards regarding ideologies they hold near and dear: What do you think this person is sold […]
Easter Sunday – Seeing Is Believing
During a key baseball game against one of our rivals my last year of High School, a batter on the opposing team drilled a fly ball to my position in left […]
“It Is Finished!”
Because of modern medicine, we’ve lost the opportunity to hear the last words of dying people. Most who are about to slip into eternity are drugged to make them comfortable. The only […]
“Why Have You Forsaken Me?”
High noon. It’s the time in the classic western by the same name when a brave sheriff, played by Gary Cooper, single-handedly took on a ruthless gang of evil men to […]
“Woman, Behold Your Son…”
As I think about our Lord’s final statements from the cross, my soul can readily identify with the words from Stuart Hine’s magnificent old hymn How Great Thou Art. And when […]
“Today You Shall Be With Me In Paradise…”
In 2017, one of my cousins finally succumbed to the disease which ate away at his body. His name? Jimmy Bowers. He was the son of the oldest of my […]
