Not too long ago, our son, Matt, was the acolyte. His job was to light Christ candle, and the two candles on the communion table for worship. He did it with style.After taking the lighter thingy to...

I am a reader. It hasn’t always been that way. But sometime in my senior year of college, I discovered the joy of a good book. Of course, I have my favorite types of books. I love a good...

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: / a time to be born, and a time to die; / a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; / a time to kill, and...

Every so often I receive what we have dubbed a “pocket call” from our oldest son. You see, our son, Chuck, who attends school in Colorado Springs, texts me every morning on his way to school.We...

I will never forget my first Christmas Eve midnight service as an ordained minister.I was serving a rather good-sized church as an associate pastor. My boss, the senior pastor, who was 30 years my...

I know this is Saturday of Thanksgiving week, and we have spent days counting all our many blessings. It is a good time to thank the Lord for eyes that see, and Scriptures that lead us. I recently...