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They Told Me I’d Be Bored
It sounded like a good idea at the time. “You’ll be retired” they said. “Bored” they said. “It’s safer than Haiti” they said. But now it seems… real. I’ve been asked to be the first visiting professor for the Ezra Institute, training pastors in the Dominican Republic this October. I can’t wait to put that…
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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,…
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Alignment
Our verse for the week is, Psalm 25:4–5 (CSB) 4 Make your ways known to me, Lord; teach me your paths. 5 Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; I wait for you all day long. A couple of weeks ago we were at a church in Texas,…
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Loved Before the Stars
Why did God choose you? Why does God love you? Why do you choose to love those close to you? I’m officiating a wedding next week and it’s my first chance to speak publicly in a few months. I’d like to share what is one of the biggest deals to me in all of scripture.…
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