OUT TO PASTOR: Mirror, mirror, on the wall – stop laughing

As old as I am, and I expect to get as old as possible, I have noticed that I see things differently than I did a few years ago. I’m not sure if my vision has changed or my perspective. But one thing is certain; something has changed.A lot of things are very aggravating in my life.

BLOOD COVENANT (part 13)

But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out. and he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may believe.

HOPE FOR TODAY: A world divided by fear

What happens when your life, your country – literally the whole world – is gripped by fear?Disaster!But it does not have to be that way.Once almost an entire nation was engulfed in fear that led to a near national collapse.

OUT TO PASTOR: Laughter is not for sissies

Since birth, I have been infected with the Laughter-Virus. I’m not sure which side of the family it came from, or it could’ve come from both sides. But the least little thing will make me laugh. Sometimes I have a hard time stopping laughing.If I am infectious with my laughter, so be it.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: 25 years headed to ‘Australia’

Welcome back this week to the ‘front porch.’ Well, friends, we’ve finally come to the end of our Yellowstone journey; and I owe you my thanks for traveling along every step, all the way until we walked out of that wilderness unscathed.

OUT TO PASTOR: One mouth, too many words

I read somewhere where the average woman speaks 20,000 words a day, and the average man speaks 7,000 words a day. I’m not sure if that’s true because I never believe everything I read, particularly on my computer, unless I write it.

BLOOD COVENANT (part 12)

But to which of the angels has He ever said: “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool? Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Lost in Yellowstone (chapter 32)

CHAPTER 32“Crossing a different river.” We slept well that night, Todd and I sleeping in Ethan’s bed and Ethan taking the couch in the living room. The next morning we left early, wanting to visit some hot springs that we would pass on the way.

OUT TO PASTOR: What a crazy world we live in

Driving home from an appointment across town, my wife and I encountered some crazy driver weaving in and out on the road in front of us. The fact that there was not an accident was somewhat surprising.“What,” The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage exclaimed, “is wrong with people?

Blood Covenant (part 11)

And when they had come to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, Place of a Skull, they gave Him sour wine mingled with gall to drink. But when He tasted it, He would not drink.