Fresh heart for the journey
I hate ‘laugh tracks! When television first entered our world, producers and telecasters were smart enough to assume we knew what was funny and what wasn’t. This will age me beyond recovery for many of you, but… Howdy Dowdy let me laugh at anything I thought was funny. And it worked. I could develop […]
I love the picture above, because it took me back to 1954 when I spent the summer with my cousin in California. My home at the time was the flat land of the Chicago area. It was more than a West Coast summer… it was joining my cousin’s Boy Scout troop! There were weekly troop […]
He was the New Testament’s official ‘globetrotter’. His three missionary journeys and final trip to Rome took the last 36 years of his life, covered over 9000 miles walking or sailing and the cost (in today’s currency) for his in-transit travel expenses would be roughly $300,000. That doesn’t include Paul’s expenses once he arrived […]
“A time for war; A time for peace.” Ecclesiastes 3:8 TLB There was a time in the past when God’s people had a stomach for spiritual battles! We’d raise our voices and sing: “Onward Christian soldiers, marching as to war; with the cross of Jesus, going on before.” (Sabine Baring-Gould) There was militancy in […]
I am a pastor, teacher, and encourager. I am a happy husband and leader of a family tribe now numbering 13. I am President of Fresh Heart Ministries and consider called of God to help you grow in your spiritual walk … let you know how special you are to God … and have some fun while doing so.