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100% – We Reached Our Goal
I’m overwhelmed with gratitude. Many have given, and together you’ve made it possible for me to go to the Dominican Republic to train pastors with Andrew and RMI’s Ezra Institute School of Leadership. Here is the origional post if this is news to you. This means so much to me. The friendships God has given…
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Is God Done with You?
I had a crepe myrtle tree that died. It was just a year old — I’d spent a bundle on it to make our yard look nice for our son Caleb’s wedding. I planted it that fall, but it didn’t make it to the summer wedding. Winter killed it. I cut it down at the…
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They Told Me I’d Be Bored UPDATE
Thank you so much for your gifts! I’m 75% ready to go to the Dominician Republic to speak at three conferences (pastors, marriage, young adults), that’s $1744.97 raised of the 2,288 needed. Which means most of me can go, just my head and shoulders get left behind. Maybe not a great loss… Details about the…
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Still Feeling the Nudge?
Have you ever… James 4:17 says, “it is sin to know the good and yet not do it.” (CSB) Why does Scripture have to be so convicting? If you’ve never read The Screwtape Letters you’re missing out. C.S. Lewis’s classic follows an older, wiser demon named Screwtape training his nephew Wormwood in the art of…
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Shifting Gears
It’s been three months since I retired from the pastorate on June 1, 2026. After 7 years of camp ministry and 40 years of church ministry, it was time. If you’ve ever driven an old truck that needed double-clutching to shift gears, you will know that sometimes shifting gears gets tricky. Life has a lot…
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Focus on the Lovely: Mindful Media Consumption
Lovely, Not Loud Here’s a Verse for the Week that most of us have heard a hundred times, but maybe never actually tried: Philippians 4:8 (CSB) “Finally brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if there is any moral excellence and if…
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Walk the Walk
Years ago, I was visiting a friend Steve in the hospital. He was relatively young, in his 50s, and had just been diagnosed with three inoperable brain tumors. Not knowing how to pray, I asked Steve, “How can I pray for you?” His answer, “Pray that I would walk the walk God has for me,…
