Verse of the Week
A weekly, encouraging blog
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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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Caught
Our verse for the week is a tough truth. Numbers 32:23 (NIV) 23 “You may be sure that your sin will find you out. Try to hide it in the dark, and you will eventually pay for it. Repenting, owning it by putting it in the light of God’s mercy is our only hope. The second…
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The Donkey Was Wiser
Ever been dead wrong and the last one to know it? Meet Balaam. I thought I’d start pulling my “verse for the week” from my Bizarre Bible Stories. The first story in book one is called “Talking Animals,” from Numbers chapter 22. Balaam is riding along, about to do something monumentally foolish, when the angel…
