“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done…” A quote from my good friend Joseph in Genesis 50:20. So glad God’s got our back, so to speak, and has such a grander view for our lives than we do. Using difficult circumstances to move us…
When I was a kid I loved jumping into the pool feet-first. Shallow end, deep end – it didn’t matter. I hated diving head-first. It scared me, even though I knew the deep end was plenty deep enough. I always thought about diving and really wanted to, but in the end I usually just jumped….
Fish in a lake that was stocked the day before. I caught these eight fish in about 90 minutes last Friday at Hume Lake. We’ve gone there for eight of the last nine years and this year was just an amazing week for the family. This was a personal highlight, as I had spent many…
This past year our family seems to have had a “battle” theme. No, we’ve not been fighting a lot among ourselves. I have two junior high boys who are at the age where “battle” is intriguing. Plus my older son & I had the privilege of visiting Washington DC & the surrounding area, which is…
The last couple of weeks I’ve taken a step back from all my cyberspace busy-ness to just enjoy what’s happening in life. I’ve still been busy, talking with churches and running my kids around and doing some writing. But I decided to take a break from the things that were starting to nag at me,…
Unfortunately, many of us would click to this post because of the title – we want to hear the latest gossip. Also unfortunately, many will click away when the realize this post is about participating in gossip. Of course, we’ve all participated in gossip – either giving or receiving it. There’s no denying that there’s…
I had the privilege of writing an article for Dan Reiland’s The Pastor’s Coach eNewsletter that went out yesterday. Dan is the “executive pastor’s of executive pastor’s”. He served as Executive Pastor at Skyline Church under the leadership of John Maxwell when I was there as Children’s Pastor – in fact, he hired me into…
